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Croak

Croak Meaning & Definition
Croak Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Croak?

[n] a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
[v] die (colloquial); "The old man finally kicked the bucket"
[v] complain quietly
[v] utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

Synonyms | Synonyms for Croak: buy the farm | choke | conk | croaking | cronk | drop dead | gnarl | grumble | kick the bucket | murmur | mutter | pop off | snuff it

Related Terms | Find terms related to Croak: air a grievance | aphonia | apprehend | artificial voice | beef | belch | bellyache | bitch | blare | blast | blat | blot out | bode | bray | broken speech | broken tones | broken voice | bump off | burr | buy it | buzz | cackle | call | carol | cash in | caw | chatter | check in | check out | cheep | childish treble | chirk | chirp | chirr | chirrup | chitter | choked voice | chuck | clack | clamor | clang | clangor | clank | clash | cluck | cock-a-doodle-doo | complain | conk | coo | crab | cracked voice | craunch | cronk | crow | crump | crunch | cuckoo | die | do in | drawl | drop off | drum | dysarthria | dyslalia | dyslogia | dysphasia | dysphonia | dysphrasia | erase | expire | falsetto | fix | forebode | forewarn | fret | fret and fume | fuss | gabble | gaggle | get | give the business | go west | gobble | grind | gripe | groan | grouch | grouse | growl | grumble | grunt | guggle | gun down | harshness | have a premonition | have a presentiment | have it | hawking voice | hiss | hit | hoarseness | holler | honk | hoo | hoot | howl | ice | idioglossia | idiolalia | impairment of speech | jangle | jar | kick | kick in | kick off | kick the bucket | knock off | lay out | lisp | lisping | lodge a complaint | look black | loss of voice | lower | menace | mince | murmur | mutter | muzzy speech | nasal tone | nasalization | off | pass | pass away | pass out | peep | peg out | pip | pipe | pipe off | polish off | pop off | portend | preapprehend | quack | quarrel | quaver | raise a howl | rasp | register a complaint | roll | rub out | scold | scranch | scrape | scratch | scrunch | settle | shake | shove off | sibilation | sing | snarl | snore | speech defect | speech impediment | squawk | step off | take care of | take on | talk incoherently | threaten | tremor | trill | twang | tweet | twit | twitter | warble | warn | waste | whistle | wipe out | yap | yelp | zap

See Also | complain | decease | die | emit | exit | expire | go | kick | kvetch | let loose | let out | pass | pass away | perish | plain | quetch | sound off | utter | utterance | vocalization

Croak In Webster's Dictionary

\Croak\ (kr?k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Croaked}. (kr?kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Croaking}.] [From the primitive of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr?chzen to croak, and to E. creak, crake.] 1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked. --Pope. 2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. --Carlyle.
\Croak\, v. t. To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster. The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. --Shak. Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song. --Wordsworth.
\Croak\, n. The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.

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