'croakily
World English Dictionary
croak (krəʊk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) (of frogs, crows, etc) to make a low, hoarse cry |
| 2. | to utter (something) in this manner: he croaked out the news |
| 3. | (intr) to grumble or be pessimistic |
| 4. | slang |
| a. (intr) to die | |
| b. (tr) to kill | |
| —n | |
| 5. | a low hoarse utterance or sound |
| [Old English crācettan; related to Old Norse krāka a crow; see | |
| 'croaky | |
| —adj | |
| 'croakily | |
| —adv | |
| 'croakiness | |
| —n | |
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'croakily
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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