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croak

  [krohk]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to utter a low-pitched, harsh cry, as the sound of a frog or a raven.
2. to speak with a low, rasping voice.
3. Slang. to die.
4. to talk despondingly; prophesy trouble or evil; grumble.
–verb (used with object)
5. to utter or announce by croaking.
6. Slang. to kill.
–noun
7. the act or sound of croaking.
Origin:
1550–60; earlier croke, prob. imit.; cf. OE cræcetian (of a raven) to croak
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croak   (krōk)   
n.  A low hoarse sound, as that characteristic of frogs and crows.
v.   croaked, croak·ing, croaks

v.   tr.

  1. To utter in a low hoarse sound.

  2. Slang To kill.

v.   intr.

    1. To utter a low hoarse sound.

    2. To speak with a low hoarse voice.

  2. To mutter discontentedly; grumble.

  3. Slang To die.


[From Middle English croken, to croak, probably of imitative origin.]
croak'i·ly adv., croak'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
croak

  1. in.
    to die; to expire; to succumb. : The parrot croaked before I got it home.
  2. tv.
    to kill someone or something. : The car croaked the cat just like that.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

croak  (v.)
c.1460, crouken, onomatopoeic or related to O.E. cracian (see crack). Slang meaning "to die" is first recorded 1812, from sound of death rattle. Croaker "prophet of evil" (1637) is from the raven (cf. M.E. crake "a raven," c.1320, from O.N. kraka "crow," of imitative origin).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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