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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Croak \Croak\, n. The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: croak n : a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) [syn: {croaking}] v 1: die (colloquial); "The old man finally kicked the bucket" [syn: {kick the bucket}, {buy the farm}, {conk}, {drop dead}, {pop off}, {choke}, {snuff it}, {die suddenly}, {die unexpectedly}] 2: utter a hoarse sound, like a raven [syn: {cronk}] 3: complain quietly [syn: {murmur}, {mutter}, {grumble}, {gnarl}]
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