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Thesaurus: crake

To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called 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. n. any of several short-billed Old World rails