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(onomatopoeia) The vocal sound made by a frog or toad. quotations examples
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, page 9
Frogs croaking ribbit, ribbitTrees rustling sssshh, ssshhWater rushing over rapids splash, clash.
1992 April 19, The Canberra Times, Australian Captial Territory, page 2, column 1
Used to anonymously and disrespectfully break silence, as in educational or ceremonial settings. examples
plural ribbits
The vocal sound made by a frog or toad. examples
third-person singular simple present ribbits, present participle ribbiting or ribbitting, simple past and past participle ribbited or ribbitted
(intransitive) To make the sound of a frog or toad. examples