Frog vs Tea - What's the difference?
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A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops
The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached
(Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad
The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick
An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood
The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof)
An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.
The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
To hunt or trap frogs.
To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt
An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of a button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop
To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs
To unravel (a knitted garment).
(uncountable) The dried leaves or buds of the tea plant, .
(uncountable) The drink made by infusing these dried leaves or buds in hot water.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=2 (countable) A variety of the tea plant.
(uncountable) By extension, any drink made by infusing parts of various other plants.
A cup of any one of these drinks, often with a small amount of milk or cream added and sweetened with sugar or honey.
(countable, Southern US) A glass of iced tea, typically served with ice cubes and sometimes with a slice or wedge of lemon.
(uncountable, UK) A light meal eaten mid-afternoon, typically with tea.
(uncountable, New Zealand, British, Australia) The main evening meal, irrespective of whether tea is drunk with it.
(cricket) The break in play between the second]] and [[third session, third sessions.
(slang, dated) Marijuana.
* 1940 , (Raymond Chandler), Farewell, My Lovely , Penguin 2010, page 103:
* 1946 , (Mezz Mezzrow) and (Bernard Wolfe), Really the Blues , Payback Press 1999, page 74:
* 1947 , (William Burroughs), letter, 11 Mar 1947:
To drink tea.
To take afternoon tea (the light meal).
* 1877 , The Bicycling Times and Tourist's Gazette (page 38)
As a noun frog
is a small tailless amphibian of the order anura that typically hops or frog can be (offensive) a french person or frog can be a leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.As a verb frog
is to hunt or trap frogs or frog can be to ornament or fasten a coat, etc with frogs or frog can be to unravel (a knitted garment).As an initialism tea is
(northern ireland) training and employment agency.frog
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), ).J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. "Jump" (London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997), 323. See also (l), (l).Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* frosh, frosk, frock * pad, paddock * (railway switch component) common crossingDerived terms
(Derived terms) * * * bush frog * clawed frog * common frog * Darwin's frog * disc-tongued frog * edible frog * * * fine as frog hair, finer than frog hair * Frog (metathesis: > Gorf) * frog belly * frogbit * frog chorus * frogeater, frog eater * frogeye * frogeyed * frog face * frogfish * frogged * froggery * frogging * froggish * froggy * Froggy * froghopper * a frog in one’s throat * frog kick * frog kingdom * frog legs * froglike * * frogly * frogman * frogmarch, frog-march * frogmouth * frog orchid * frogpond, frog pond * frog pose * The Frog Prince * Frog Prince * frog's-bit * frog's legs * frogspawn, frog spawn * frog spit * frog spittle * frog sticker * frogstool * ghost frog * glass frog * * Kermit the Frog (metathesis: > Kermit the Forg, Kermit the Gorf, Kermit the Grof) * The Leap-Frog * leapfrog, leap-frog * leapfrogged, leap-frogged * leapfrogging * leapfrog test, leap-frog test, leap frog test * litter frog * male frog test * * marsupial frog * moss frog * * painted frog * parsley frog * poison dart frog * * screeching frog * sedge frog * * shovelnose frog * tailed frog * tongueless frog * tree frog * Tukeit Hill frog * * true frogReferences
See also
* amphibian * * tadpole * toad *Verb
(frogg)Derived terms
* frog stitchEtymology 2
From (m), stereotypical food of the French. Compare , from (m), corresponding French term for English, likewise based on stereotypical food.Antonyms
* (French person) (l)References
*Etymology 3
.Noun
(en noun)Verb
(frogg)Etymology 4
Supposedly from sounding similar to "rip it".Verb
(frogg)tea
English
(wikipedia tea)Noun
citation, passage=Mother
- So they were evidence. Evidence of what? That a man occasionally smoked a stick of tea , a man who looked as if any touch of the exotic would appeal to him. On the other hand lots of tough guys smoked marijuana .
- Tea puts a musician in a real masterly sphere, and that's why so many jazzmen have used it.
- Here in Texas possession of tea is a felony calling for 2 years.
Usage notes
In many places tea is assumed to mean hot tea, while in the southern United States, it is assumed to mean iced tea.Synonyms
* (dried leaves of tea plant) tea leaves * (drink made by infusing parts of various other plants) herb tea, herbal tea, infusion, tisaneDerived terms
* afternoon tea * all the tea in China * bed tea * black tea * builder's tea * camomile tea * cream tea * cup of tea * Devonshire tea * fruit tea * green tea * herb tea, herbal tea * herbal tea * high tea * iced tea * Long Island iced tea * morning tea * mint tea * red tea * rooibos tea * sugar honey ice tea * tea and toaster * teabag * teaberry * teaboy * tea break * tea caddy * teacake * tea cart * tea ceremony * tea cloth * tea cosy * teacup * teahouse, tea house * teakettle * tea leaf (Cockney rhyming slang) * tea leaves * tea pad * tea party * tea plant * teapot * tea room * tea service * teaspoon * tea strainer * teatime * tea towel * tea tray * tea trolley * tea urn * tea wagon * white teaVerb
(en verb)- The wind was high and the hills ditto, and both being against us we were late in reaching Hitchin (30 from Cambridge), so giving up the idea of reaching Oxford we toiled on through Luton, on to Dunstable (47), where we teaed moderately