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croak

[ krohk ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to utter a low-pitched, harsh cry, as the sound of a frog or a raven.
  2. to speak with a low, rasping voice.
  3. Slang. to die.
  4. to talk despondingly; prophesy trouble or evil; grumble.


verb (used with object)

  1. to utter or announce by croaking.
  2. Slang. to kill.

noun

  1. the act or sound of croaking.

croak

/ 办谤蓹蕣办 /

verb

  1. intr (of frogs, crows, etc) to make a low, hoarse cry
  2. to utter (something) in this manner

    he croaked out the news

  3. intr to grumble or be pessimistic
  4. slang.
    1. intr to die
    2. tr to kill
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a low hoarse utterance or sound
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠谤辞补办测, adjective
  • 藞肠谤辞补办颈濒测, adverb
  • 藞肠谤辞补办颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of croak1

1550鈥60; earlier croke, probably imitative; compare Old English 肠谤忙肠别迟颈补苍 (of a raven) to croak
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of croak1

Old English 肠谤腻肠别迟迟补苍; related to Old Norse 办谤腻办补 a crow; see creak
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And people will get to listen to the Oscar-nominated Angeleno 鈥渃roak鈥 a handful more times, at shows in Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Jersey and yes, a rare home-state concert on May 10 in Santa Rosa.

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She has an angelic voice, and Bob has this craggy kind of Blues man鈥檚 croak.

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Then he croaks the hook from the album鈥檚 first single, 鈥淗oudini,鈥 a riff on the chorus of Steve Miller鈥檚 鈥淎bracadabra鈥:

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