Synonyms for croak
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : krohk |
| Phonetic Transcription : kroÊŠk |
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
- 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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