frosh

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/frɒʃ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(frosh)

Inflections of 'frosh' (n): npl: frosh

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
frosh  (frosh),USA pronunciation n., pl. frosh. [Informal.]
  1. Informal Termsa college or high-school freshman.
  • by alteration and shortening 1910–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
frosh / frɒʃ/
  1. a freshman
Etymology: 20th Century: altered from freshman
'frosh' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
frog

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