Definitions of croak [ʊk]

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Definition of 'croak'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) croak
to utter a low-pitched, harsh cry, as the sound of a frog or a raven.

2.  croak
to speak with a low, rasping voice.

3.  croak
Slang. to die.

4. (v.t.) croak
to utter by croaking.

5.  croak
Slang. to kill.

6. (n.) croak
the act or sound of croaking.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME crouken, prob. imit.; cf. OE cræcetian (of a raven) to croak)

Definition of 'croak'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) croak, croaking
a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

2. (verb) 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 it
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"

3. (verb) croak, cronk
utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

4. (verb) murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl
make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
"she grumbles when she feels overworked"

Definition of 'croak'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) croak
(of a frog) to make a sound
***frogs croaking in the pond; a loud croak

Definition of 'croak'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) croak
the coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound

2. (verb) croak
to make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound

3. (verb) croak
to complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually

4. (verb) croak
to utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster

Translation of 'croak'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to utter a low hoarse sound like that of a frog I could hear the frogs croaking.
Afrikaans: kwaak	Arabic: يَنُق، يُنَقْنِق	Bulgarian: крякам
Brazilian: coaxar	Czech: kuňkat, skřehotat, krákat	German: quaken
Danish: kvække	Greek: κοάζω	Spanish: croar; graznar (cuervo)
Estonian: krooksuma	Farsi: غور غور کردن	Finnish: kurnuttaa
French: coasser	Hebrew: לְקַרקֵר	Hindi: भर्राना
Croatian: kreketati	Hungarian: brekeg	Indonesian: berkrok
Icelandic: kvakka	Italian: gracidare	Japanese: がーがー鳴く
Korean: (개구리) ‘개골개골’ 올다	Lithuanian: kvarkti, karkti	Latvian: kurkstēt
Malay: menguak	Dutch: kwaken	Norwegian: kvekke, skrike hest
Polish: rechotać	Persian: غور غور کردن	Pashto: غور غور کول
Portuguese: coaxar	Romanian: a orăcăi	Russian: квакать
Slovak: kvákať	Slovenian: regljati	Serbian: kreketati
Swedish: kväka	Thai: พูดหรือร้องด้วยเสียงต่ำคล	Turkish: gaklamak, vakvaklamak
Taiwanese: 呱呱叫	Ukrainian: кумкати, крумкати	Urdu: ٹ‍رٹ‍ر كى آواز نكالنا
Vietnamese: kêu ồm ộp	Chinese: 呱呱叫
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