Croak
[krəʊk] or [krok]
Definition
(noun.) a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog).
(verb.) utter a hoarse sound, like a raven.
Typed by Bernadine--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
(v. i.) To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
(v. t.) To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster.
(n.) The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.
Typist: Pearl
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Murmur, complain, grumble, repine.
Checked by Bernie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Complain, murmur, grumble
ANT:Crow, whistle, sing, chirp, chuckle, cackle, rejoice
Edited by Horace
Definition
v.i. to utter a low hoarse sound as a frog or raven: to grumble: to forebode evil: to utter croakingly: (slang) to die.—n. the sound of a frog or raven.—n. Croak′er.—adv. Croak′ily.—n. Croak′ing.—adj. Croak′y.
Editor: Milton
Examples
- I hate to borrow as much as Mother does, and I knew Aunt March would croak, she always does, if you ask for a ninepence. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Don't croak any more, but come home jolly, there's a dear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And I hope Aunt March won't croak. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Although he suffers from a cold, We joy to hear him speak, For words of wisdom from him fall, In spite of croak or squeak. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Men always croak when they are hungry, and Jo whisked out at the front door after that. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Everyone seemed rather out of sorts and inclined to croak. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The hungry man repeated, in a rapturous croak, Magnificent! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She has a fine head for it, croaked Jacques Three. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Hotze, he croaked. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- That must never be, croaked Jacques Three; no one must escape. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Only Dixon croaked for ever into Margaret's ear. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Laurie opened the window, and croaked out as hoarsely as a raven. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There happened to be no customer in the shop but Jacques Three, of the restless fingers and the croaking voice. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Remember the croaking of the frogs of Egypt. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Don't be croaking, Cousin,--I hate it! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I hear the croaking of frogs, faint and far off, and the echoes of the great clock hum in the airless calm long after the strokes have ceased. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I paused in astonishment; and the croaking voice honoured me with this explanation-- Pray excuse me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Go on, Jemmy,' said the Spanish traveller, 'like black-eyed Susan--all in the Downs--no croaking--speak out--look lively. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Even the croaking of the frogs had ceased to-night. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Whet the steel, the raven croaks! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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