English
croak
Pronunciation Noun

croak (plural croaks)

  1. A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
  2. The cry of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit)
  3. The harsh cry of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.
Translations
  • Russian: хрип
Translations Verb

croak (croaks, present participle croaking; past and past participle croaked)

  1. (intransitive) To make a croak.
  2. (transitive) To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
    • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene v]:
      The raven himself is hoarse, / That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan.
  3. (intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its cry.
  4. (slang) To die.
  5. (transitive, slang) To kill someone or something.
    He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.
    • If Wilton croaked the criminal he did a jolly good day's work, and there's an end of it.
  6. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
    • Marat […] croaks with reasonableness.
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