a (real) frog-choker



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a (real) frog-choker

A particularly heavy or torrential downpour of rain. (Chiefly heard in the southern United States.) It's a real frog-choker out there today—looks like we'll have to have our barbecue another day. There's no way I'm biking to work in a frog-choker like this!

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Zuberi-Eastern African, Swahili
Nand-Indian, Hindi
AdolfAH-dawlf (German), AH:-dawlf (Dutch)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Ancient Germanic
Tiberiu-Romanian
SreČKo-Slovene
Nicu-Romanian