Used in a Sentence

frogman

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for frogman.

Editorial note

Hamas seems to say the frogman was killed, but doesn't confirm by the dolphin in the English quotes.

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Quick take

A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of frogman gathered in one view.

noun

A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL.

noun

A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).

noun

(by extension) A member of a naval special operations unit.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for frogman.

noun

A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).

Example sentences

1

Hamas seems to say the frogman was killed, but doesn't confirm by the dolphin in the English quotes.

2

Not only did he die saving lives, he died doing (apparently) what he loved, being a frogman.

3

Awesome video quality hahah, the frogman wearing a leather jacket was on point!

4

You might want to look into the story of Lionel Crabb, an SAS frogman suspected of being killed while performing espionage against a soviet warship.

5

What if, instead of one frogman, it's 1024 frogmen?

6

In other words if your ship is vulnerable to an enemy agent / spy / frogman sticking a USB key into any computer onboard, you've got problems.

7

Instead, think of it as being like a frogman who has successfully boarded an enemy ship on a suicide mission, but lost almost all his equipment in the process.

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[0] If you're in a cave you can't do that, but if you're a professional military frogman with fancy professional equipment you probably shouldn't make that mistake.

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One of my favourites is of the jovial, slightly portly Italian diplomat Luigi Ferraro (in reality a frogman under diplomatic cover) during WW2 in neutral Turkey, who at night would go out to a nearby port, swim out and place limpet mines on British ships transporting vital chrome for steelmaking to Britain.

Proper noun examples

1

There’s a dive torch popular amongst newbie divers, the LED Lenser Frogman.

2

I want an Apple Watch, but I'd much rather have a new G-Shock Frogman.

3

I have a handful of replica G-Shocks, Frogman, Gravitymaster, etc.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use frogman in a sentence?

Hamas seems to say the frogman was killed, but doesn't confirm by the dolphin in the English quotes.

What does frogman mean?

A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL.

What part of speech is frogman?

frogman is commonly used as noun.