a (real) toad-choker



a (real) toad-choker

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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Zeynab-Azerbaijani, Persian
P&Aelig;Ga-Anglo-Saxon
PerryPER-eeEnglish
Serrenasə-REEN-əEnglish (Rare)
Teodorte-AW-dawr (Polish), TE-o-dor (Croatian)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian,
Branka-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene