toad
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).
Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English tāxe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /toʊd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təʊd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊd
- Homophones: toed, towed
Noun
toad (plural toads)
- An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 149:
- Shortly he heard the trolls coming. They had a fiddler with them, and some began dancing, while others fell to eating the Christmas fare on the table - some fried bacon, and some fried frogs and toads, and other nasty things which they had brought with them.
- 1971, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore, "Riders on the Storm", The Doors, L.A. Woman.
- There's a killer on the road / His brain is squirmin' like a toad
- (derogatory) A contemptible or unpleasant person.
- (derogatory) An ugly person.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- African clawed toad
- African common toad
- African giant toad
- African tree toad
- Alajuela toad (†Incilius periglenes)
- Almirante Trail toad (Incilius peripatetes)
- Amargosa toad (Anaxyrus nelsoni)
- American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
- Apennine yellow-bellied toad
- Arizona toad (Anaxyrus microscaphus)
- arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus)
- Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
- black toad (Anaxyrus exsul)
- bombinator toad
- burrowing toads (Rhinophrynus spp.)
- Canadian toad (Anaxyrus hemiophrys)
- cane toad (Rhinella marina)
- Central American toads (Ollotis spp.)
- Colorado River toad (Ollotis alvaria)
- crucifix toad
- European toad (Bufo bufo)
- fire-bellied toad (Bombina) spp.)
- Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)
- frog and toad
- golden toad (†Incilius periglenes)
- Great Plains toad (Anaxyrus cognatus)
- green toad (Anaxyrus debilis)
- Gulf Coast toad (Ollotis nebulifer)
- horned toad (Ceratophrys spp.)
- horny toad (Phrynosoma spp.)
- Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis)
- marine toad (Rhinella marina)
- mephitic toad (Bufo calamita)
- midwife toad (Alytes spp.)
- Monte Verde toad (†Incilius periglenes)
- narrow-mouthed toads (Gastrophryne)
- North American toads (Anaxyrus spp.)
- oak toad (Anaxyrus quercicus)
- obstetrical toad, obstetric toad (Alytes spp.)
- odious as a toad
- orange toad (†Incilius periglenes)
- ornate horned toad
- pebble toad (Oreophrynella nigra)
- red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus)
- red toad trillium (Trillium sessile)
- rush toad (Bufo calamita)
- sea toad
- shelt-toad, shield-toad
- Sonoran Desert toad (Ollotis alvaria)
- South American toads (Rhinella spp.)
- southern toad (Anaxyrus terrestris)
- spadefoot toad
- strange-horned toad
- Surinam toad, Suriname toad
- Texas toad (Anaxyrus speciosus)
- toad bug (Gelastocoridae spp.)
- toadeater
- toadfish
- toad grass
- toad-grass (Juncus bufonius)
- toad in a hole, toad in the hole, toad-in-the-hole
- toadlike
- toadpole
- toad rush (Juncus bufonius)
- toad-spit
- toadstool
- toad-strangler
- toad trillium (Trillium sessile)
- toady
- Tonkin toad
- tree toad (Pedostibes spp.)
- true toad (Bufonidae spp.)
- Urungu toad (Sclerophrys urunguensis)
- walking toad (Bufo calamita)
- western toad (Anaxyrus boreas)
- Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii)
- Wyoming toad (Anaxyrus baxteri)
- Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus)
Translations
amphibian similar to a frog
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very unpleasant man
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See also
Verb
toad (third-person singular simple present toads, present participle toading, simple past and past participle toaded)
Anagrams
Noun
toad
- nominative plural of tuba
Verb
toad
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