1. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
   "The toad's powerful legs allowed it to jump several times its body length";
   - frog, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian
    
2. [informal] A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
   "only a toad would do that";
   - rotter [Brit, informal], dirty dog [informal], rat [informal], skunk [informal], stinker [informal], stinkpot [N. Amer, informal], bum [N. Amer, informal], crumb [N. Amer, informal], lowlife [informal], so-and-so [informal], git [Brit, informal], scumbag [informal], swine [informal], scuzz [N. Amer, informal], sod [Brit, informal], sleazeball [informal], scuzzbucket [N. Amer, informal], sleazebag [informal], scuzzball [N. Amer, informal], sleazebucket [informal], slimebag [informal], slimeball [informal], dirtbag [US, informal], toerag [Brit, informal], scuzzbag [N. Amer, informal], ratbag [Brit, informal]

Sounds like: to, to, toad, toed

Derived forms: toads

Type of: amphibian, disagreeable person, unpleasant person

Encyclopedia: Toad