Sekirov Dictionary

croak

UK /kɹəʊk/US /kɹoʊk/

verb 7
noun 3
forms 4

verb7

To make a croak sound.
•
To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
- The raven himself is hoarse, / That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. — 1606
To make its vocal sound.
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(slang) To die.
- “I would like to understand before I croak. I would like to understand, and then I’m perfectly fine to shuffle off my mortal coil.” — 2026
•
(slang) To kill.
- He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.
•
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
- Marat […] croaks with such reasonableness. — 1837
•
(slang) To abort the current program indicating a user or caller error.
- The accessor croaks if it's not an appropriate object reference. — 2002

noun3

A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
The call of a frog or toad.
The harsh call of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.

forms

croaked · croaking · croaketh · croaks

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