toad
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toad
- /toʊd/ US
- /təʊd/ UK
Sounds like toed, towed · Rhymes with -əʊd
Where it comes from
From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“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.
noun toads · tode · twoad
- An amphibian, a kind of frog (broad sense, order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae. 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.
- A contemptible or unpleasant person.
- An ugly person.
verb toads · toading · toaded · tode · twoad
- To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: anuran, frog, salientian, batrachian, toadfrog, natterjack, spadefoot, bufo, crapaud, eel, amphibian, fowler, flax, paddock, hoppy, steppe
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noun amphibian similar to a frog
| Español | sapo, sapa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 두꺼비 dukkeobi, 두터비 duteobi |
| 日本語 | ヒキガエル hikigaeru, 蟇蛙 hikigaeru, 蝦蟇 gama |
| 中文 | 蟾蜍 chánchú, 疥蛤蟆 jièháma, 癩蛤蟆 /癞蛤蟆 làiháma, 戚施 qīshī |
| हिन्दी | भेक bhek |
| Kiswahili | chura, chula |
| Português | sapo |
| Français | crapaud |
| Deutsch | Kröte |
| Italiano | rospo |
| Ελληνικά | φρύνος frýnos |
| Română | broască râioasă |
| Русский | жа́ба žába |
| Tiếng Việt | cóc |
| العربية | عُلْجُوم ʕuljūm, ضِفْدَع طِين ḍifdaʕ ṭīn |
| עברית | קַרְפָּדָה karpadá, קרפד karpád |
noun very unpleasant man
| Español | sapo |
|---|---|
| Русский | па́костник pákostnik |
Talk about this word "toad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/toad. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. toad. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/toad "toad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/toad.Cite this
@misc{toad_2026,
title = {toad},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toad},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
