WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
toad /toʊd/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Reptilesan animal like a frog, living mostly on land but able to breathe in water, and having no tail and a dry, warty skin. Compare frog1 (def. 1).
- a disgusting person or thing.
toad (tōd),USA pronunciation
n.
toad′ish, toad′like′, adj.
toad′ish•ness, n.
toad′less, adj.
- Reptilesany of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit. Cf. frog 1 (def. 1).
- ReptilesAlso called true toad. a toad of the widespread and chiefly terrestrial family Bufonidae, having relatively short hind legs used in hopping and often having at the shoulders swellings containing glands that, along with the skin, secrete an irritating fluid in defense. Cf. frog 1 (def. 2).
- Reptilesany of various toadlike animals, as certain lizards.
- a person or thing as an object of disgust or aversion.
- Middle English tode, Old English tāde, tādi(g)e bef. 1000
toad′ish•ness, n.
toad′less, adj.