Frosk vs Frosh - What's the difference?
frosk | frosh |
(dialectal) A frog.
(colloquial) A first year student, at certain universities.
(slang) To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.
(slang) To damage through incompetence.
In dialectal|lang=en terms the difference between frosk and frosh
is that frosk is (dialectal) a frog while frosh is (dialectal) a frog.As nouns the difference between frosk and frosh
is that frosk is (dialectal) a frog while frosh is (dialectal) a frog or frosh can be (colloquial) a first year student, at certain universities.As a verb frosh is
(slang) to initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.frosh
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) frosch, from (etyl) . See also (l), (l).Noun
(froshes)Etymology 2
From an alteration of freshman, under influence from (etyl) dialectal . Related to English (l) above.Noun
(en-noun)- That frosh is really getting on my nerves, just he wait till hell-week!
Derived terms
* prefroshSynonyms
* freshman * newbie * fresher (UK)Verb
- This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.
- Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.