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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”). Compare Old English tāxe (“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[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /toʊd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təʊd/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊd
- Homophones: toed, towed
Noun[edit]
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, H.L. Brækstad, transl., 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[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- Amargosa toad (Anaxyrus nelsoni)
- American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
- Arizona toad (Anaxyrus microscaphus)
- arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus)
- black toad (Anaxyrus exsul)
- burrowing toads (Rhinophrynus spp.)
- Canadian toad (Anaxyrus hemiophrys)
- Central American toads (Ollotis spp.)
- cane toad (Rhinella marina)
- Colorado River toad (Ollotis alvaria)
- European toad (Bufo bufo)
- fire-bellied toad (Bombina) spp.)
- Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)
- frog and toad
- Great Plains toad (Anaxyrus cognatus)
- Gulf Coast toad (Ollotis nebulifer)
- green toad (Anaxyrus debilis)
- horned toad (Ceratophrys)
- Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis)
- marine toad (Rhinella marina)
- mephitic toad (Bufo calamita)
- narrow-mouthed toads (Gastrophryne)
- North American toads (Anaxyrus spp.)
- oak toad (Anaxyrus quercicus)
- pebble toad (Oreophrynella nigra)
- red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus)
- rush toad (Bufo calamita)
- sea toad
- Sonoran Desert toad (Ollotis alvaria)
- South American toads (Rhinella spp.)
- southern toad (Anaxyrus terrestris)
- Texas toad (Anaxyrus speciosus)
- toad bug (Gelastocoridae spp.)
- toad rush (Juncus bufonius)
- toadfish
- toad-in-the-hole
- toadlike
- toadstool
- toad-strangler
- toady
- tree toad (Pedostibes)
- walking toad (Bufo calamita)
- Urungu toad
- western toad (Anaxyrus boreas)
- Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii)
- Wyoming toad (Anaxyrus baxteri)
- Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus)
Translations[edit]
amphibian similar to a frog
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very unpleasant man
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See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
toad (third-person singular simple present toads, present participle toading, simple past and past participle toaded)
- (Internet, informal, transitive) To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.
Anagrams[edit]
Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
toad
- nominative plural of tuba
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
toad
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