Biology, Natural sciences The pronged plater used in frogging (transferring cells to another plate).
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Colloquial A person interested in frogs; a herpetologist who specialises in frogs; a frog enthusiast.
frogger
verb
Etymology From Frogger, a 1981 arcade game developed by Konami, in which the player directs frogs across a busy road and other hazards.
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Slang To dodge traffic while navigating across a busy road.
Gabrielle and I froggered it across the bustling avenue toward our group.2005, J. Brooks Dann, Anecdotal, →ISBN, page 30:
Out I plunge ...into the Ready Salted afternoon, froggering between the traffic to the promenade.2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 265:
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He hit the accelerator and froggered into the fast lane, inciting a symphony of angry honking.2014, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Truth Be Told: A Jane Ryland Novel, →ISBN, page 268:
BTW, don't try to frogg me any more and stop using my .sig, OK? ¶ [Damn froggers, can't do anything right...]1997 June 18, Janice in NYC, quoting Thomas Gyoeroeg, “Re: I've Fallen, And I Can't Get Up”, in rec.motorcycles (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^([sic]) obvious to a casual glance.2008 May 24, Bertie the Bunyip, “Re: Another forged post”, in news.groups (Usenet):