CROAK

croak, croaking

(noun) a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

(verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; “She died from cancer”; “The children perished in the fire”; “The patient went peacefully”; “The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102”

murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl

(verb) make complaining remarks or noises under one’s breath; “she grumbles when she feels overworked”

croak, cronk

(verb) utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

croak (plural croaks)

A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.

The cry of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit)

The harsh cry of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.

Verb

croak (third-person singular simple present croaks, present participle croaking, simple past and past participle croaked)

(intransitive) To make a croak.

(transitive) To utter in a low, hoarse voice.

(intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its cry.

(slang) To die.

(transitive, slang) To kill someone or something.

To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.

Source: Wiktionary

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Croak (krk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Croaked. (krp. pr. & vb. n. Croaking.] Etym: [From the primitive of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr 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.

Definition: 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.

Definition: The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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