Croak

Definition: Croak

Croak

Noun

1. A harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog).

Verb

1. Die (colloquial); "The old man finally kicked the bucket".

2. Utter a hoarse sound, like a raven.

3. Complain quietly.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "croak" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Synonyms: Croak

Discontent

Take in bad part, take ill; fret, chafe, make a piece of work; grumble, croak; lament.

Lamentation

Complain, murmur, mutter, grumble, growl, clamor, make a fuss about, croak, grunt, maunder; deprecate; (disapprove).

Stammering

Mumble, mutter; maud, mauder; whisper; mince, lisp; jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one's words; murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English; mispronounce, missay.

Warning

Verb: warn, caution; forewarn, prewarn; admonish, premonish; give notice, give warning, dehort; menace; (threaten); put on one's guard; sound the alarm; croak.

Crosswords: Croak

Go for Croak (1969)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Frog Who Dared to Croak (reference)

• James Croak (reference)

• Up, Down, and All Around with Croak (reference)

• Why frogs croak in water and other stories (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ranma 1/2 - Croak & Dagger (reference)

• Tijuana Toad:Go for Croak (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Her voice was a croak.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Beginning with "croak": Croak-a-cola, Croak-a-roach.

Ending with "croak": gurgle-croak.

Albanian

cof (peg out), vdes (be dying, burst, decease, depart, die, die away, die down, do in, end, evaporate, expire, give up the ghost, go to glory, go under, go west, necrose, pack up, pass away, pass over, perish, pop off, snuff it, turn up one's toes, wither), ndjell të keqën, kuakje, kuak. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مات (check in, check out, decease, depart, die, die off, end, expire, give up the ghost, go west, pass away, pass on, peg out, perish, rest in peace, snuff it, snuff out, succumb), ‏نقيق, ‏نق الضفدع, ‏نعيب (caw, cawing, croaking), ‏نعب الغراب, ‏نعب (caw, cry), ‏قتل (assassinate, assassination, bag, butcher, death, despatch, dispatch, do in, end, finish, fire, homicide, immolate, kill, killing, knock off, lay out, manslaughter, murder, poleaxe, procure, put down, put to death, shoot, slay, take for a ride), ‏تكلم بصوت أجش, ‏تذمر (clamor, clamour, complain, complaint, crab, groan, grouch, grouchiness, growl, grudge, grumble, murmur, mutter, nag, plain, repine, snort, whimper), ‏تشاءم, ‏أنذر (bode, devote oneself, forebode, forecast, foretoken, give smb. notice, harbor, harbour, notify, portend, vow, warn, warn against). (various references)

Bulgarian 

светявам маслото на, хвърлям топа (kick off, kick up, snuff out), крякане (gaggle, gobble), крякам (gabble, gaggle, gobble, squawk), грачене (squawk), грача (caw, squawk), говоря с дрезгав глас, гледам мрачно на бъдещето, предсказвам зло. (various references)

Czech

skřehotat, kvákat (quack), kuòkat. (various references)

Dutch

krassen (caw, creak, grate, scrape, scratch). (various references)

Esperanto

ranbleki, graki (caw). (various references)

Faeroese

gorra (caw). (various references)

Farsi 

چون غوک یاقورباغه صداکردن , غارغارکردن , صدای کلاغ (Crake), صدای غوک یاوزغ . (various references)

Finnish

raakkua (caw), rääkynä (caw), rääkyä (caw), kurnuttaa, kurnia, kurista (rumble). (various references)

French

croasser. (various references)

German

quaken (bellow, bleat, neigh, quack, screech, squawk), krächzen (caw, chatter, grate, rasp, rasping, to caw, to croak). (various references)

Greek 

κρώζω (crow), κρωγμόσ (caw, honk, quack), κράζω (caw, halloo, hollo, quack, screech, squawk), γκρινιάζω (carp, gripe, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, murmur, natter, yammer), αποθνήσκω (decease, depart, die, pass away, succumb to). (various references)

Hebrew 

לער�"ע, קרקור. (various references)

Hungarian

brekegés. (various references)

Indonesian

menguak (moo, see: menyingkap), berdengkang-dengkang (laugh hard). (various references)

Italian

gracidare. (various references)

Korean 

깍깍 우�" 소리. (various references)

Manx

rock (torpedo), cliogaraght, caaghey (caw, coo). (various references)

Norwegian

kvekke. (various references)

Pig Latin

oakcray

Portuguese

crocitar (caw). (various references)

Romanian

croncãniturã, croncãnit (caw), cobi, cloncãni (cluck), cârâit, cârâi, câr (caw), ucide (assassinate, butcher, destroy, execute, kill, murder, poison, slaughter, slay, smother, spoil, strangle, suffocate), orãcãit (croaking), orãcãi (whine), omorî (annihilate, assassinate, bring down, bump, butcher, destroy, dispatch, do for, do in, execute, exhaust, finish, kill, knock off, make an end of, make away with, murder, put smb. on the spot, put to death, send to glory, shift, slaughter, slay, spoil, torment, torture), murmura (babble, Bicker, brawl, breathe, chatter, growl, grumble, gurgle, kick, moan, mumble, murmur, mutter, Pearl, prattle, purl, ripple, round, rustle, sough, warble, whisper), muri (decease, depart, die, drop off, expire, get off the hooks, go, go west, hop the perch, kick in, pack up, part, pass, pass away, pass on, pay the debt of nature, peg out, perish, suffer), da ortul popii (cash in, hop the twig, kick in, kick off, kick the bucket, pop off, turn up one's toes), bombãni (growl, grumble, mutter, niggle, scold). (various references)

Russian 

сдохнуть (die), квакнуть, квакать, кваканье, каркнуть (caw), каркать (caw), карканье (caw), ворчать (grouse, growl, grumble, grunt, nag, natter, snarl), издохнуть (die). (various references)

Scottish

gròc, gorrac. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

kreketati, kreketanje (quacksalver), gunđati (bellyache, chide, grudge, grumble, repine, yammer), graktati, graktanje. (various references)

Spanish

croar, gruñido (growl, grunt, snarl), graznido (caw, honk, quack, squawk), graznar (caw, crow, gaggle, honk, quack, squawk), estirar la pata (kick the bucket, peg out, pip out, pop off, snuff it), el croar. (various references)

Swedish

kväka (quackle), kraxa (caw). (various references)

Turkish

vaklamak, kurbağa gibi ses çıkarmak, karga gibi ötmek, karamsar kimse (calamity howler, croaker, Jeremiah, Moody, pessimist), gaklamak (caw), fertiği çekmek (check out, hand in one's chips, pass in one's checks, sneak away), boğuk ses çıkarmak, şom ağızlı kimse (croaker), ölmek (belly up, bite the dust, cash in, choke, conk, cross the styx, cut up, decease, depart, die, end, exit, expire, gasp one's life out, give up the ghost, go, go belly up, go hence, go the way of all flesh, go west, hand in one's checks, hand in one's chips, hop the twig, kick the bucket, pass away, pass in, pass out, pay one's debt to nature, peg out, perish, pip, pip out, pop off, return to dust, snuff it, succumb, yield up the ghost), öldürmek (assassinate, bump off, carry off, cut down, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in, do one's job for one, drop, erase, exterminate, get, get rid of, give smb. his quietus, ice, kill, kill off, knock off, knock out, liquidate, make away with, murder, off, put away, put down, put to death, rub out, send to glory, shoot, shoot dead, slay, take off, take smb.'s life, waste, wipe out, zap). (various references)

Turkmen 

warkyldamak, gagyldamak (cackle). (various references)

Ukrainian

крякати (caw, quack), квакати (quack), квакання, каркати (caw), каркання (caw), бурчати (beef, begrudge, buzz, carp, groan, grouch, growl, grunt, mutter, nag, natter, rumble, scold), бурчання (growl, grunt, mutter, muttering, nag, nagging, scolding). (various references)

Welsh

crawcian (caw), cogor (caw, chatter, chattering), ceintach (grumble). (various references)

coaxare. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "croak": croaked, croaker, croakers, croakier, croakiest, croakily, croaking, croaks, croaky. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Croak" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: caroa, Cermak, Cernak, coak, Corpak, craark, craic, craik, Crak, crayak, Croa, croach, croack, croad, Croag, croal, croam, croan, croap, croda, croe, Croham, croil, crok, crokay, Cromak, Cronk, crooky, crosa, crusk, cyriac, groak, Gruak, Koryak, kraak, Krivak. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: arco, cark, cork, okra, orca, rack, rock.

-2 letters: arc, ark, car, cor, koa, kor, oak, oar, oca, oka, ora, orc, roc.

-3 letters: ar, ka, or.

+1 letter: croaks, croaky.

+2 letters: arkosic, armlock, caprock, comaker, corkage, croaked, croaker, earlock, lavrock, lockram, oarlock, rockaby, warlock.

+3 letters: antirock, armlocks, backdoor, backdrop, backroom, bookrack, brockage, buckaroo, buckayro, capework, caprocks, caretook, casework, charlock, coatrack, comakers, cookware, corkages, corncake, crackpot, crankous, croakers, croakier, croakily, croaking, dockyard, drammock, earlocks, ecofreak, hackwork, hairlock, havocker, jackaroo, jackeroo, jackroll, lacework, laverock, lavrocks, lockrams, oarlocks, offtrack, pockmark, rackwork, rockabye, rockaway, rockfall, rollback, roorback, shamrock, stockcar, traprock, warlocks.