frogmarch

See also: frog-march and frog march

English

Alternative forms

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. (figurative) 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. (dated) 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 OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “Frogmarch”, in BBC Learning English‎, BBC, 2014 August 26
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