From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Croak \Croak\, v. t.
To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to
forebode; as, to croak disaster.
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The raven himself is hoarse,
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. --Shak.
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Two ravens now began to croak
Their nuptial song. --Wordsworth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Croak \Croak\, n.
The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a
like sound.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Croak \Croak\ (kr[=o]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Croaked}.
(kr[=o]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Croaking}.] [From the primitive
of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr[aum]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.
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Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog,
And the hoarse nation croaked. --Pope.
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2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to
utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
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Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. --Carlyle.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
croak
n 1: a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) [syn: {croak},
{croaking}]
v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from
cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient
went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age
of 102" [syn: {die}, {decease}, {perish}, {go}, {exit},
{pass away}, {expire}, {pass}, {kick the bucket}, {cash in
one's chips}, {buy the farm}, {conk}, {give-up the ghost},
{drop dead}, {pop off}, {choke}, {croak}, {snuff it}] [ant:
{be born}]
2: utter a hoarse sound, like a raven [syn: {croak}, {cronk}]
3: make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she
grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: {murmur}, {mutter},
{grumble}, {croak}, {gnarl}]
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