{
    "term": "frog",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/am/amphibians.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small animal with smooth skin, that lives both on land and in water (= is an amphibian). Frogs have very long back legs for jumping, and no tail.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the croaking of frogs"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The frog jumped into the pond."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are three native species of frogs and toads in the UK."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Animals"],
            "collocations": {
                "frog + verb": ["hop", "jump", "croak"],
                "frog + noun": ["spawn"],
                "phrases": ["frogs’ legs"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an offensive word for a French person",
            "labels": "(taboo, offensive, slang)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to lose your voice or be unable to speak clearly for a short time",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/frɒɡ/",
                "audio": "fr/frog/frog__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/frɔːɡ/",
                "audio": "fr/frog/frog__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English frogga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vors and German Frosch. Used as a general term of abuse in Middle English, the term was applied specifically to the Dutch in the 17th cent.; its application to the French (late 18th cent.) is partly alliterative, partly from the reputation of the French for eating frogs' legs."
}