Croggy vs Froggy - What's the difference?
As nouns the difference between croggy and froggy is that croggy is (uk|dialect|chiefly|north-east england) a ride on the handlebars or crossbar of a bicycle while froggy is (childish|or|endearing) a frog. As an adjective froggy is froglike.
croggy
English
Noun
(croggies)
(UK, dialect, chiefly, North-East England) A ride on the handlebars or crossbar of a bicycle.
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froggy
English
Noun
(froggies)
(childish, or, endearing) A frog.
* Children’s poem, publishing date unknown
- This little froggy took a big leap
- This little froggy took a small
- This little froggy leaped sideways
- And this little froggy not at all
- And this little froggy went,
- hippity, hippity, hippity hop, all the way home.
* Children’s poem, publishing date unknown
- Hop little froggy , hop hop hop
- Hop little froggy , and don’t you stop
(ethnic slur, offensive) A Frenchman.
Adjective
(en-adj)
Froglike.
Suffering from a frog in one’s throat; hoarse.
* 1938 , The American Legion Magazine
- Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest.
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