Thesaurus: crake

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1. v. t. & i. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
2. v. t. & i. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
3. n. A boast. See Crack, n.
4. n. Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
5. n. any of several short-billed Old World rails
6. 1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake. 2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.] Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag. A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.] Spenser. Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
7. A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.] Spenser.
8. n. any of several short-billed Old World rails