Definition of FROSH

frosh

Plural: frosh, froshes

Noun

  • A shortened, informal term for a freshman.
  • A frog.
  • A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.
  • Ellipsis of frosh week.

Verb

  • To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.
  • To damage through incompetence.

Examples

  • Even as a frosh to Words With Friends, she quickly grasped complex strategies.
  • The frosh are really getting on my nerves!
  • This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.
  • Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English frossh, frosch, from Old English frosc, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with West Frisian froask (“frog”), Dutch vors (“frog”), German Frosch (“frog”), Norwegian frosk (“frog”), Icelandic froskur (“frog”). Doublet of frosk; more at frog.

Scrabble Score: 11

frosh: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
frosh: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
frosh: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

frosh: valid Words With Friends Word