Synonyms for bullfrog

Grammar : Noun

Spell : boo l-frog, -frawg

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊlˌfrɒg, -ˌfrɔg

Définition of bullfrog

Origin : also bull-frog, 1738, from bull (n.1) + frog (n.1). So called for its voice.

As in frog : noun jumping amphibian

Example sentences :

If he gets in Grasshopper, you score 20; if into Bullfrog, you score 30; and if into Kangaroo, 40.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, February 22, 1881 » by Various

This is even more marked in the large tadpole of the bullfrog.
Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various

But it was only a pickerel rising to his food or a bullfrog plunging in.
Extract from : « The Incendiary » by W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy

Their bait was a bullfrog, or several small frogs in a bunch, for want of squid.
Extract from : « Cape Cod » by Henry D. Thoreau

You look like the bullfrog on the bank and the pollywog in the pool.
Extract from : « The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine » by Katherine Stokes

I had only saw it when the frost and the bullfrog were heaving out of the ground.
Extract from : « A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories » by Edgar Wilson (Bill) Nye

Old 101 Bullfrog was a very big fellow, and I think you can get it on.
Extract from : « The Joyous Story of Toto » by Laura E. Richards

There was a flop in the water, and the bullfrog disappeared from sight.
Extract from : « Bumper, The White Rabbit » by George Ethelbert Walsh

There was also one containing Freckles' bullfrog, true to life.
Extract from : « Freckles » by Gene Stratton-Porter

No sound broke the stillness save the far-off bark of a dog or an occasional croak from a bullfrog.
Extract from : « Mr. Opp » by Alice Hegan Rice

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