Hoptoad is a delightfully straightforward American folk name for a toad — specifically the kind that hops around gardens, lawns, and backyards across the US. The word is completely self-explanatory: it's a toad, and it hops. Beyond the literal meaning, hoptoad has a charming, folksy energy — the kind of word a kid would invent and that somehow stuck around in regional American English. It occasionally appears in idioms and colloquial comparisons, though its use today is mostly informal and nostalgic.
The kids spent the whole afternoon chasing a fat little hoptoad around the garden before letting it go.
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(US) A toad.
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