frogmarch
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 9
Definition of frogmarch
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner.
“Maybe it happened during the COVID-19 lockdowns, when no one could work and soldiers frog-marched curfew-breakers through the township streets like criminals.”
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verb
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(transitive)To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner.
“Maybe it happened during the COVID-19 lockdowns, when no one could work and soldiers frog-marched curfew-breakers through the township streets like criminals.”
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(figuratively, transitive)To force a person forward against their will.
“The wind frogmarched me at a run into the house.”
- (dated, transitive)To carry a person face-down with one person holding each limb.
- (transitive)To forcibly relocate a person, especially in a degrading or humiliating manner.
noun
- (transitive)The process of frogmarching a person.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From frog + march. Originated c. 1871, from the resemblance of the target to a splayed-out frog.
Words you can make from frogmarch
123 playable · top: CHROMA (13 pts)
Best play chroma 13 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
14 words4-letter words
40 words- CHAM 11 pts
- MACH 11 pts
- GACH 10 pts
- ARCH 9 pts
- CHAO 9 pts
- CHAR 9 pts
- CORF 9 pts
- FARM 9 pts
- FOAM 9 pts
- FORM 9 pts
- FROM 9 pts
- HARM 9 pts
- HOMA 9 pts
- ARGH 8 pts
- CAMO 8 pts
- COMA 8 pts
- CORM 8 pts
- CRAM 8 pts
- FRAG 8 pts
- FROG 8 pts
- MARC 8 pts
- AFRO 7 pts
- CRAG 7 pts
- FARO 7 pts
- FORA 7 pts
- GORM 7 pts
- GRAM 7 pts
- HOAR 7 pts
- HORA 7 pts
- MARG 7 pts
- OGAM 7 pts
- ACRO 6 pts
- ARCO 6 pts
- CARR 6 pts
- MORA 6 pts
- ORCA 6 pts
- ROAM 6 pts
- AGRO 5 pts
- ORRA 4 pts
- ROAR 4 pts
3-letter words
51 words- FAH 9 pts
- FOH 9 pts
- CAF 8 pts
- FAM 8 pts
- HAM 8 pts
- HOM 8 pts
- MHO 8 pts
- OCH 8 pts
- OHM 8 pts
- CAM 7 pts
- FAG 7 pts
- FOG 7 pts
- HAG 7 pts
- HOG 7 pts
- MAC 7 pts
- MOC 7 pts
- ARF 6 pts
- COG 6 pts
- FAR 6 pts
- FOR 6 pts
- FRO 6 pts
- GAM 6 pts
- HAO 6 pts
- MAG 6 pts
- MOG 6 pts
- OAF 6 pts
- RAH 6 pts
- RHO 6 pts
- ARC 5 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- CAR 5 pts
- COR 5 pts
- MAR 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MOR 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- ORC 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- ROC 5 pts
- ROM 5 pts
- AGO 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GOA 4 pts
- GOR 4 pts
- GRR 4 pts
- ORG 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
2-letter words
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