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Frosh - What does it mean?

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frosh

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) frosch, from (etyl) . See also (l), (l).

Noun

(froshes)
  • (dialectal) A frog.

    • Etymology 2

    From an alteration of freshman, under influence from (etyl) dialectal . Related to English (l) above.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (colloquial) A first year student, at certain universities.
    • That frosh is really getting on my nerves, just he wait till hell-week!
    Derived terms
    * prefrosh
    Synonyms
    * freshman * newbie * fresher (UK)

    Verb

  • (slang) To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.
    • This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.
  • (slang) To damage through incompetence.
    • Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.
    Derived terms
    * froshing
    Synonyms
    * (initiate) haze

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.