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
Artyom	ahr-TYOM	Russian
Tuor	-	Literature
Antonijo	-	Croatian
RocÍO	ro-THEE-o (Spanish), ro-SEE-o (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Zinon	-	Greek
Cherette	shə-RET	English (Rare)