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
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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