frogging
frog·ging/ˈfɹɑ.ɡɪŋ/noun, verb
frogging is a noun meaning “A set of decorative looped fastener on a garment, especially on a military uniform” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-O-G-G-I-N-G and has 2 syllables (frog·ging), and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of frogging is froggings.
What does frogging mean?
noun
- 1
A set of decorative looped fastener on a garment, especially on a military uniform.
- 2
The act of intentionally unravelling part of a work.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of frog
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce frogging?
- UK /ˈfɹɒ.ɡɪŋ/
- US /ˈfɹɑ.ɡɪŋ/
Frogging has 2 syllables, split frog·ging in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of frogging
- froggings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is frogging?
Frogging appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 131,834th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).