frogger

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From frog +‎ -er.

Noun

frogger (plural froggers)

1. (biology) The pronged plater used in frogging (transferring cells to another plate).
2. (colloquial) A person interested in frogs; a herpetologist who specialises in frogs; a frog enthusiast.

Etymology 2

From Frogger, a 1981 arcade game developed by Konami, in which the player directs frogs across a busy road and other hazards.

Verb

frogger (third-person singular simple present froggers, present participle froggering, simple past and past participle froggered)

1. (slang) To dodge traffic while navigating across a busy road.
   • 2005, J. Brooks Dann, Anecdotal, →ISBN, page 30:

     Gabrielle and I froggered it across the bustling avenue toward our group.

   • 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 265:

     Out I plunge ...into the Ready Salted afternoon, froggering between the traffic to the promenade.

   • 2014, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Truth Be Told: A Jane Ryland Novel, →ISBN, page 268:

     He hit the accelerator and froggered into the fast lane, inciting a symphony of angry honking.

Etymology 3

From frogg +‎ -er.

Alternative forms

• froger

Noun

frogger (plural froggers)

1. (Internet slang) A person who engages in froggery.
   • 1997 June 18, Janice in NYC, quoting Thomas Gyoeroeg, “Re: I've Fallen, And I Can't Get Up”, in rec.motorcycles‎ (Usenet):

     BTW, don't try to frogg me any more and stop using my .sig, OK? ¶ [Damn froggers, can't do anything right...]

   • 2008 May 24, Bertie the Bunyip, “Re: Another forged post”, in news.groups‎ (Usenet):

     Some will allow exactly what Alternative Maxwell is doing ( like altopia) others will only allow froggery if it's obvious, i.e. the frogger can use the name maxwell but if the associated addie was [e-mail], you couldn't use, for instance, [e-mail] or something else so similar it isn't immediatly^[sic] obvious to a casual glance.