What does CROAK mean?
Definitions for CROAK
kroʊkcroak
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word CROAK.
Princeton's WordNet
croak, croakingverb
a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff itverb
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
croak, cronkverb
utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarlverb
make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
"she grumbles when she feels overworked"
Wiktionary
croaknoun
A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
croaknoun
The cry of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit)
croakverb
To make a croak.
croakverb
Of a frog, to make its cry.
croakverb
To die.
croakverb
Of a raven, to make its cry.
croakverb
To kill someone or something.
He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.
Etymology: croken, back-formation from cracettan, cræccettan, from krāk- (compare Swedish kråka, German krächzen), from greh₂-k- (compare Latin graculus ‘jackdaw’, Serbo-Croatian).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Croaknoun
The cry or voice of a frog or raven.
Etymology: from the verb.
The swallow skims the river’s watry face,
The frogs renew the croaks of their loquacious race. Dryd.Was that a raven’s croak, or my son’s voice?
No matter which, I’ll to the grave and hide me. Nathaniel Lee, Oed.To CROAKverb
Etymology: cracezzan, Saxon; crocare, Italian; crocitare, Latin.
The subtle swallow flies about the brook,
And querulous frogs in muddy pools do croak. Thomas May, Virgil.So when Jove’s block descended from on high,
Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog,
And the hoarse nation croak’d. Alexander Pope, Dunciad, b. i. l. 264.Blood, stuff’d in skins, is British christians food;
And France robs marshes of the croaking brood. John Gay.The raven himself not hoarse,
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.The hoarse raven, on the blasted bough,
By croaking from the left, presag’d the coming blow. Dryd.At the same time the walk of elms, with the croaking of the ravens, looks exceeding solemn and venerable. Joseph Addison, Spectat.
Their understandings are but little instructed, when all their whole time and pains is laid out to still the croaking of their own bellies. John Locke.
ChatGPT
croak
1) Croak primarily refers to the distinctive deep, harsh, resonant sound produced by certain species of frogs or toads. 2) In informal or figurative language, croak can mean to speak with a low, hoarse voice. 3) In a more grim sense, croak is also used colloquially to refer to someone's death or the act of dying.
Webster Dictionary
Croakverb
to make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound
Croakverb
to complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually
Croakverb
to utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster
Croaknoun
the coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound
Etymology: [From the primitive of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. krchzen to croak, and to E. creak, crake.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Croak
krōk, 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. [From the sound. Cf. Crake, Crow.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CROAK
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Croak is ranked #35096 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Croak surname appeared 642 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Croak.
96.7% or 621 total occurrences were White.
1.7% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Anagrams for CROAK »
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of CROAK in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of CROAK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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- نقArabic
- gorbagor olmaq, qəbərməkAzerbaijani
- умирам, квакам, крякам, убивам, грачаBulgarian
- rauc, raucarCatalan, Valencian
- kvækDanish
- quaken, krepierenGerman
- κράζω, κουάξ, κοάζω, κρωγμόςGreek
- palmar, croar, palmarlaSpanish
- raakkua, korahdella, korahtaa, kurnuttaaFinnish
- buter, coasser, crever, croasser, clamser, coacFrench
- grágIrish
- croakHindi
- menguakIndonesian
- crepare, gracchiare, gracidare, gracidioItalian
- くたばる, ゲロゲロ鳴く, ケロケロJapanese
- sneven, kwaken, de pijp uit gaanDutch
- grasno, grasnido, grasnada, grasnir, grasnar, grasnadoPortuguese
- квакать, хрипеть, каркать, замочить, квак, сдыхать, кокнуть, ква-ква, сдохнуть, хрипRussian
- kväk, kväkaSwedish
- vıraklamaTurkish
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