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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From frog + -er.
Noun
frogger (plural froggers)
- (biology) The pronged plater used in frogging (transferring cells to another plate).
- (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)
- (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.
Noun
frogger (plural froggers)
- (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 Max...@i.am.a.dumb.fjuk.com, you couldn't use, for instance, Max...@i.am.a.dumb.fjuk.con or something else so similar it isn't immediatly obvious to a casual glance.