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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CROAK, v.i. [L. G. See Crow.]
1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog or other animal.
2. To caw; to cry as a raven or crow.
3. To make any low, muttering sound, resembling that of a frog or raven; as, their bellies croak.
4. In contempt, to speak with a low, hollow voice.
CROAK, n. The low, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) [syn: croak, croaking] v
1: 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" [syn: 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] [ant: be born]
2: utter a hoarse sound, like a raven [syn: croak, cronk]
3: make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English croken, of imitative origin Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. a. to make a deep harsh sound b. to speak in a hoarse throaty voice 2. grumble 1 3. slang die transitive verb 1. to utter in a hoarse raucous voice 2. slang kill II. noun Date: 1561 a hoarse harsh cry or sound • croaky adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a deep hoarse sound as of a frog or a raven. 2 a sound resembling this. --v. 1 a intr. utter a croak. b tr. utter with a croak or in a dismal manner. 2 sl. a intr. die. b tr. kill. Etymology: ME: imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Croak Croak (kr?k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Croaked. (kr?kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Croaking.] [From the primitive of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr?chzen to croak, and to E. creak, crake.] 1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked. --Pope. 2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. --Carlyle.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Croak Croak, v. t. To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster. The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. --Shak. Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song. --Wordsworth.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Croak Croak, n. The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(croaks, croaking, croaked) 1. When a frog or bird croaks, it makes a harsh, low sound. Thousands of frogs croaked in the reeds by the riverbank. VERB: V • Croak is also a noun. ...the guttural croak of the frogs. N-COUNT 2. If someone croaks something, they say it in a low, rough voice. Tiller moaned and managed to croak, 'Help me.'... She croaked something unintelligible. VERB: V with quote, V n • Croak is also a noun. His voice was just a croak. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Talk croakingly, talk hoarsely, mumble and groan. 2. Forebode, cry things down, be depreciatory, take a gloomy view of things.

Moby Thesaurus

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