croak
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle English croken, back-formation from Old English cracettan, cræccettan, from Proto-Germanic *krāk- (compare Swedish kråka, German krächzen), from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (compare Latin grāculus ‘jackdaw’, Serbo-Croatian grákati).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
croak (plural croaks)
Translations [edit]
a faint, harsh sound made in the throat
the cry of a frog or toad
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Verb [edit]
croak (third-person singular simple present croaks, present participle croaking, simple past and past participle croaked)
- To make a croak.
- Of a frog, to make its cry.
- (slang) To die.
- Of a raven, to make its cry.
- (transitive, slang) To kill someone or something.
- He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.
Translations [edit]
to make a croak
of a frog, to make its cry
slang: to die
of a raven, to make its cry
slang: to kill
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