"frog-strangler" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-frog-strangler.ogg [Australia] Forms: frog-stranglers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} frog-strangler (plural frog-stranglers)
  1. (US, dialectal) A very heavy downpour of rain; toad-strangler. Tags: US, dialectal Categories (topical): Rain Synonyms: toad-strangler, gully-washer, cob-floater, duck-drownder (alt: duck-drowner), goose drownder (alt: goose-drowner), lightwood-knot floater, sod-soaker, trash-mover, sheep drowner, turd-floater

Inflected forms

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