toad
Plural: toads
Noun
- A tailless, jumping amphibian, often with rough, warty skin.
- any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
- An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
- A contemptible or unpleasant person.
- An ugly person.
Verb
- To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.
Examples
- My opponent’s face was a toad-like shade of green when I played "QUEASY" for 50 points.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).
Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English tāxe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.
Synonyms
anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad frog, pad, paddock
Scrabble Score: 5
toad: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtoad: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
toad: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary