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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
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