- 1. v. i. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. Source: opted
- 2. v. i. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster. Source: opted
- 4. n. The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound. Source: opted
- 5. n. a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) Source: wordnet
- 6. v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life Source: wordnet
- 7. v. utter a hoarse sound, like a raven Source: wordnet
- 8. v. make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath Source: wordnet
- 9. 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. 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. The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound. Source: webster
- 10. To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; toforebode; as, to croak disaster.The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance ofDuncan. Shak.Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song. Wordsworth. Source: adambom
- 11. n:20/v:80 n. a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) v. utter a hoarse sound, like a raven Source: ecdict
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