English

Noun

frosh ‎(plural froshes)

1. (now dialectal) A frog.
   • 1565 (1593), Golding, Ovid's Met. xv. (1593) pg. 356:

     The mud hath in it certaine seed whereof greene froshes rise.

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Etymology 2

From an alteration of freshman, under influence from German dialectal Frosch ‎(“grammar-school pupil”, literally “frog”). Related to English frosh above.

Noun

frosh ‎(plural froshes or frosh)

1. (colloquial) A first year student, at certain universities.

   That frosh is really getting on my nerves, just he wait till ****-week!

Derived terms

• prefrosh

Synonyms

• freshman
• newbie
• fresher (UK)

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Verb

frosh ‎(third-person singular simple present froshes, present participle froshing, simple past and past participle froshed)

1. (transitive, slang) To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.

   This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.

2. (transitive, slang) To damage through incompetence.

   Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.

Derived terms

• froshing

Synonyms

• (initiate): haze

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