a (real) frog-strangler

A particularly heavy or torrential downpour of rain. (Chiefly heard in the southern United States.) It's a real frog-strangler 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-strangler like this!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
WarcisŁAw	-	Polish (Archaic)
Bampfylde	['bæmpʃi:ld]
Gerry	['geri]
Alexius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Artur	ər-TOOR (Portuguese), ar-TOOR (Galician), AHR-tuwr (Polish), AHR-toor (German)	Portuguese, Galician, Catalan, Polish, Russian, German, Estonian, Swedish, Romanian, Czech
Rawiya	-	Arabic