Definition of "frosh" in English

noun

1. (now dialectal) A frog.

noun

1. (colloquial) A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.

   • The frosh are really getting on my nerves!

2. (colloquial, plural "froshes") Ellipsis of frosh week.

verb

1. (transitive, slang) To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.

   • This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.

2. (transitive, slang) To damage through incompetence.

   • Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.