[syn: murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Croak \Croak\, n.
The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a
like sound.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]