noun
- Plural of hoptoad; toads, especially those that hop.
Usage: informal; chiefly North American; often used in children's literature and casual speech
Examples
- The children caught hoptoads near the pond.
- Hoptoads are common in gardens during the rainy season.
- We watched the hoptoads hop across the path at dusk.
- The old storybook featured a family of hoptoads living under a log.