Meanings
- onomatopoeicThe vocal sound made by a frog or toad.
Frogs croaking ribbit, ribbit Trees rustling sssshh, ssshh Water rushing over rapids splash, clash.
1992 April 19, The Canberra Times, Australian Captial Territory, page 2, column 11 more example
Widow Toad: Looks kinds puny to me. Looks like a breeze could carry her off. Ribbit, ribbit. Maybe she could cook and clean my house.
1943, Vera Morris, transl., Thumbelina, Denver, Colorado: Pioneer Drama Service, page 9 - Used to anonymously and disrespectfully break silence, as in educational or ceremonial settings.
The students fell momentarily silent while he finished writing on the board. Then, "Ribbit!"
present singular third person ribbits · participle present ribbiting · participle present ribbitting · participle past ribbited · past ribbited · participle past ribbitted · past ribbitted
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Onomatopoeic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek βρεκεκεκέξ
- βρεκεκεκέξ (brekekekéx)the sound made by a frog or toad
Basque per
- perthe sound made by a frog or toad
Chinese Mandarin 呱呱
- 呱呱 (guāguā)the sound made by a frog or toad
Czech kvak
- kvakthe sound made by a frog or toad
Danish kvæk
- kvækthe sound made by a frog or toad
Dutch kwak
- kwakthe sound made by a frog or toad
Finnish kvaak
- kvaakthe sound made by a frog or toad
French croâ
- croâthe sound made by a frog or toad
German quak
- quakthe sound made by a frog or toad
Greek βρεκεκέξ, κουαξ
- βρεκεκέξ (vrekekéx)the sound made by a frog or toad
- κουαξ (kouax)the sound made by a frog or toad
Hebrew קווה
- קווה (kva)the sound made by a frog or toad
Hungarian brekk, brekeke
- brekkthe sound made by a frog or toad
- brekekethe sound made by a frog or toad
Indonesian kekok
- kekokthe sound made by a frog or toad
Japanese ケロ, ケロケロ
- ケロ (kero)the sound made by a frog or toad
- ケロケロ (kerokero)the sound made by a frog or toad
Korean 개굴, 개굴개굴
- 개굴 (gaegul)the sound made by a frog or toad
- 개굴개굴 (gaegulgaegul)the sound made by a frog or toad
Latin coax
- coaxthe sound made by a frog or toad
Malay kuak
- kuakthe sound made by a frog or toad
Māori ōkaka
- ōkakathe sound made by a frog or toad
Norwegian kvekk
- kvekkthe sound made by a frog or toad
Polish kum
- kumthe sound made by a frog or toad
Portuguese croac
- croacthe sound made by a frog or toad
Romanian oac
- oacthe sound made by a frog or toad
Russian ква-ква́, квак
- ква-ква́ (kva-kvá)the sound made by a frog or toad
- квак (kvak)the sound made by a frog or toad
Scottish Gaelic cnàg, gnàg
- cnàgthe sound made by a frog or toad
- gnàgthe sound made by a frog or toad
- grunnd grodthe sound made by a frog or toad
Spanish croac
- croacthe sound made by a frog or toad
Swedish kvack
- kvackthe sound made by a frog or toad
Tagalog kokak
- kokakthe sound made by a frog or toad
Vietnamese ộp ộp, ộp oạp
- ộp ộpthe sound made by a frog or toad
- ộp oạpthe sound made by a frog or toad
- qua quathe sound made by a frog or toad
- quạ quạthe sound made by a frog or toad
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ribbit
All rhymes →Cite this entry
ribbit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ribbit
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