Definition of Croak. Meaning of Croak. Synonyms of Croak

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Definition of Croak

Croak
Croak 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
Croak 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
Croak Croak, n. The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.

Meaning of Croak from wikipedia

- croak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Croak may refer to: Croak, the sound that frogs make Alex Croak (born 1984), Australian athlete James Croak...
- Marian Rogers Croak is a Vice President of Engineering at Google. She was previously the Senior Vice President of Research and Development at AT&T. She...
- Look up croaker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Croaker may refer to: The fish family Sciaenidae USS Croaker, a World War II submarine Croaker, Virginia...
- The croaking cisticola (Cisticola natalensis) is an Old World warbler in the family Cisticolidae. It is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara...
- John Bernard Croak VC (May 18, 1892 – August 8, 1918) was a soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War and posthumous recipient...
- Mi-iuy croaker (Miichthys miiuy), or brown croaker, is a species marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. This...
- White croaker ('Genyonemus lineatus') is a species of croaker occurring in the Eastern Pacific. White croakers have been taken from Magdalena Bay, Baja...
- The longtail croaker (Lonchurus llanceolatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the croakers and drums. This species...
- USS Croaker (SS/SSK/AGSS/IXSS-246), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the croaker, any of various fishes...
- belonging to the order Acanthuriformes. They are commonly called drums or croakers in reference to the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make....