toad
IPA: tˈoʊd
noun
- An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
- (derogatory) A contemptible or unpleasant person.
- (derogatory) An ugly person.
verb
- (Internet, informal, transitive) To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.
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Examples of "toad" in Sentences
- Frogs and toads are apparently different.
- The skin of the cane toad is dry and warty.
- The endangered arroyo toad lives below the dam.
- The toad is afraid of fire because of the smoke.
- The appearance of the toad is somewhat like a leaf.
- To Vietnamese people, toad is the uncle of the Sky.
- The current little toad is something else entirely.
- The back of the midwife toad is covered with small warts.
- In the beginning, Toad was a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants.
- The secretion of the large parotid glands is toxic to frogs and toads.
- These spicules are prickly in appearance and resemble the warts of a toad.
- The toad is very long-lived and grows horns at the age of three thousand years.
- The male cane toad is very sex driven, therefore he will try to mate with ANYTHING ---- even dead frogs.
- While anyone should take the proper care and consideration into the ownership of any pet, the Sonoran desert toad is not endangered.
- As a matter of fact, those conversant with this subject make no distinction between the two, using the terms toad-stool and mushroom as interchangeable.
- This action must have been observed during the most ancient times, as, according to Mr. Hensleigh Wedgwood,21 the word toad expresses in all the languages of Europe the habit of swelling.
- The headword toad is duly glossed, as padda, karta, and then -- quite needlessly -- illustrated, with this remarkably elucidating sentence: the toad was delighted to see his mother again.
- I hold there is a general beauty in the works of God, and therefore no deformity in any kind of species whatsoever: I cannot tell by what logic we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly, they being created in those outward shapes and figures which best express those actions of their inward forms.
- I cannot tell by what logick we call a toad, a bear, or an elephant ugly; they being created in those outward shapes and figures which best express the actions of their inward forms; and having passed that general visitation of God, who saw that all that he had made was good, that is, conformable to his will, which abhors deformity, and is the rule of order and beauty.