ribbit

The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.

Interjection

  1. The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.
    • Widow Toad: Looks kinds puny to me. Looks like a breeze could carry her off. Ribbit, ribbit. Maybe she could cook and clean my house. - 1943, Vera Morris, transl., Thumbelina, Denver, Colorado: Pioneer Drama Service,...
    • Frogs croaking ribbit, ribbit Trees rustling sssshh, ssshh Water rushing over rapids splash, clash. - 1992 April 19, The Canberra Times, Australian Captial Territory, page 2, column 1:
  2. Used to anonymously and disrespectfully break silence, as in educational or ceremonial settings.
    • The students fell momentarily silent while he finished writing on the board. Then, "Ribbit!"

Origin

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

  1. The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.

Forms

ribbits

Verb

  1. To make the sound of a frog or toad.

Forms

ribbits ribbiting ribbitting ribbited ribbitted

Derived

ribbiter