croak
to utter a low-pitched, harsh cry, as the sound of a frog or a raven.
to speak with a low, rasping voice.
Slang. to die.
to talk despondingly; prophesy trouble or evil; grumble.
to utter or announce by croaking.
Slang. to kill.
the act or sound of croaking.
Origin of croak
1Words that may be confused with croak
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How to use croak in a sentence
The marine ecologist at Cornell University is listening to a humpback whale song, her fingers bobbing like a conductor’s to each otherworldly croak and whine.
‘Fathom’ seeks to unravel humpback whales’ soulful songs | Jake Buehler | June 22, 2021 | Science Newscroak, a quantitative analytics PhD with a background at AT&T and more than six years at Google, has a steep climb ahead to establish trust in the firm’s AI ethics work, which WSJ says will include health-related tech issues.
Media Briefing: What media companies’ latest earnings reports say about the state of the industry | Tim Peterson | May 13, 2021 | DigidayThis dip in sensitivity falls just between the two most prominent frequencies of a male green tree frog’s croak, suggesting that inflated lungs don’t affect a female’s ability to hear her own species.
Female green tree frogs have noise-canceling lungs that help them hear mates | Jonathan Lambert | March 4, 2021 | Science NewsWhen Tony takes over Danny's body, his voice begins to croak and he shakes his pointer finger for emphasis.
And then I sit on a bench facing the grave and a raven says something in a croak a few steps from me.
But dey can't hang me, no sah, dey can't, 'cause mah man croak two weeks later.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanHe will awake to drive away the crows which croak around the mountain.
The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De Boulingrin | Anatole FranceBy my sword, the Sweetheart of the Faith, never did frogs at a mid-summer drought croak more frightfully than those scamps.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueSuppose we'd croak this man in th' hot par-rt av th' p'litical fight; what happens?
The Wreckers | Francis LyndeFrom a small almost black lake rose, like a mysterious wail, the plaintive croak of tiny frogs.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan Turgenev
British Dictionary definitions for croak
/ (krəʊk) /
(intr) (of frogs, crows, etc) to make a low, hoarse cry
to utter (something) in this manner: he croaked out the news
(intr) to grumble or be pessimistic
slang
(intr) to die
(tr) to kill
a low hoarse utterance or sound
Origin of croak
1Derived forms of croak
- croaky, adjective
- croakily, adverb
- croakiness, noun
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