Synonyms for croak

Grammar : Verb

Spell : krohk

Phonetic Transcription : kroʊk

Définition of croak

Origin : early 14c., crouken, imitative or related to Old English cracian (see crack (v.)). Slang meaning "to die" is first recorded 1812, from sound of death rattle. Related: Croaked; croaking.

verb make husky, squawking noise

Example sentences :

Seven feet of earth, if you like, just to be able to croak on my back.'
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

All the same though, this cough won't do me the service of making me croak.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

If you wanted to drink by yourself, you could croak by yourself.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

He tried to cry out, but the effort resulted only in a croak in his throat.
Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts

She touched it with her fingers; the frog did not move or croak.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 » by Various

Send a man home to croak of a cold on the chest—that's one of your tame tricks.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

You must buy The Croak; that'll be cheaper and more effective.
Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg

The Croak's in Joliet doing three years for working the sawdust.'
Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg

Yet far be it from me to croak as the "laudator temporis acti."
Extract from : « The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. » by Various

This time it was George who spoke, inquiring, 'Is there anything to croak about, then?'
Extract from : « Sarah's School Friend » by May Baldwin

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