FROSH

Etymology 1

Noun

frosh (plural froshes)

(now, dialectal) A frog.

Etymology 2

Noun

frosh (plural froshes or frosh)

(colloquial) A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.

Synonyms

• underclassman

• newbie

• fresher (UK)

Verb

frosh (third-person singular simple present froshes, present participle froshing, simple past and past participle froshed)

(transitive, slang) To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.

(transitive, slang) To damage through incompetence.

Synonyms

• (initiate): haze

Source: Wiktionary



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