ribbit
English
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editribbit
- (onomatopoeia) The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.
- 1943, Vera Morris, transl., Thumbelina, Denver, Colorado: Pioneer Drama Service, page 9:
- Widow Toad: Looks kinds puny to me. Looks like a breeze could carry her off. Ribbit, ribbit. Maybe she could cook and clean my house.
- 1992 April 19, The Canberra Times, Australian Captial Territory, page 2, column 1:
- Frogs croaking ribbit, ribbit
Trees rustling sssshh, ssshh
Water rushing over rapids splash, clash.
- Used to anonymously and disrespectfully break silence, as in educational or ceremonial settings.
- The students fell momentarily silent while he finished writing on the board. Then, "Ribbit!"
Translations
editthe sound made by a frog or toad
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Noun
editribbit (plural ribbits)
Translations
editthe sound made by a frog or toad — see croak
Verb
editribbit (third-person singular simple present ribbits, present participle ribbiting or ribbitting, simple past and past participle ribbited or ribbitted)
- (intransitive) To make the sound of a frog or toad.
Translations
editmake the sound of a frog or toad — see croak
References
edit- Songs of the Frog
- “ribbit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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