frogmarch

frogmarch

See also: frog-march and frog march

English

Alternative forms

• frog march
• frog-march
• frog's march

Etymology

See frog march.

Verb

frogmarch (third-person singular simple present frogmarches, present participle frogmarching, simple past and past participle frogmarched)

1. To march or force a person forward while holding their arms from behind or the side, as a prisoner.
2. (figuratively) To force a person forward against their will.
   • 1940, Thomas Firbank, I Bought a Mountain

     The wind frogmarched me at a run into the house.

3. (formerly) To carry a person face-down with one person holding each limb.
4. To forcibly relocate a person, especially in a degrading or humiliating manner.

Noun

frogmarch (plural frogmarches)

1. The process of frogmarching a person.

References

• “Frogmarch”, in BBC Learning English‎, BBC, 26 August 2014