croak

n.
A low hoarse sound, as that characteristic of frogs and crows.


v., croaked, croak·ing, croaks.

v.tr.

1. To utter in a low hoarse sound.
2. Slang. To kill.

v.intr.

1. 1. To utter a low hoarse sound.
   2. To speak with a low hoarse voice.
2. To mutter discontentedly; grumble.
3. Slang. To die.

[From Middle English croken, to croak, probably of imitative origin.]

croakily croak'i·ly adv.
croaky croak'y adj.

verb

To cease living: decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb. Informal pop off. Slang check out, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meetone's endMaker, pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See live/die.

IN BRIEF: To speak in a hoarse throaty voice; the sound a frog makes.

Every morning I wake up to the sound of a frog's croak.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
  Synonym: croaking

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The verb croak has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: die (colloquial)
  Synonyms: kick the bucket, buy the farm, conk, drop dead, pop off, choke, snuff it

Meaning #2: utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
  Synonym: cronk

Meaning #3: complain quietly
  Synonyms: murmur, mutter, grumble, gnarl

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kvækken, skrig
v. tr. - fremkvække, slå ihjel
v. intr. - kvække, komme med jeremiader, kradse af

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwaken, de pijp uitgaan, schor stemgeluid maken, gekwaak

Français (French)
n. - coassement, croassement, voix rauque
v. tr. - dire qch d'une voix rauque
v. intr. - coasser (grenouille), parler d'une voix rauque, crever (arg)

Deutsch (German)
v. - quaken, krächzen
n. - Quaken, Krächzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κοάζω, κρώζω, γογγύζω, βαρυγκωμώ, (καθομ.) πεθαίνω, τα κακαρώνω/τινάζω, σκοτώνω, ξεπαστρεύω
n. - κοασμός, κραυγή βατράχου

Italiano (Italian)
gracidare, gracidio, ubriacone

Português (Portuguese)
v. - crocitar, resmungar, matar (gír.)
n. - crocito (m), som (m) desagradável

Русский (Russian)
квакать

Español (Spanish)
n. - graznido, canto de ranas
v. tr. - croar
v. intr. - emitir graznidos

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kraxa, knorra, spå olycka, kväka (groda), kola av (sl.), kraxa fram, ta kål på (sl.)
n. - kraxande, kväkande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
嗄嗄声, 哇哇声, 用嘶哑的声音说, 嗄嗄叫, 发牢骚

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 嗄嗄聲, 哇哇聲
v. tr. - 用嘶啞的聲音說
v. intr. - 嗄嗄叫, 發牢騷

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 깍깍 우는 소리, 원망하는 말
v. tr. - 목쉰 소리로 말하다, 죽이다
v. intr. - 깍깍 울다, 불길한 예언을 하다, 죽다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ゲロゲロ鳴く声, しわがれ声
v. - ゲロゲロ鳴く, しわがれ声で話す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) قضى نحبه, نعق, تكلم بصوت أجش (الاسم) نق (الضفدع), نعيق (الغراب)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קרקור, צריחה, מת‬
v. tr. - ‮הרג, ניבא רעות‬
v. intr. - ‮דיבר בקול צרוד, קרקר, קרא (עורב)‬

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