CROAKS
Verb
croaks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of croak
Noun
croaks
plural of croak
Source: Wiktionary
CROAK
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