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Etymology 1

From Middle English frossh, frosch, from Old English frosc, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with West Frisian froask (“frog”), Dutch vors (“frog”), German Frosch (“frog”), Norwegian frosk (“frog”), Icelandic froskur (“frog”). Doublet of frosk; more at frog.

Noun

frosh (plural froshes)

  2. (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

Blend of freshman +‎ sophomore.

Noun

frosh (plural froshes or frosh)

  1. (colloquial) A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.
    The frosh are really getting on my nerves!
  2. (colloquial, plural "froshes") Ellipsis of frosh week.
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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.
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Middle English

Noun

frosh

  1. alternative form of frossh
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