croaking

English

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Verb

croaking

1. present participle and gerund of croak

Noun

croaking (plural croakings)

1. The sound of something that croaks.

   the croakings of frogs from the nearby pond

   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 85:

     We heard the peculiar note of the woodcock, which resembles the repeated croaking of the frog[.]

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• organick