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   croak

   /krəʊk/

   noun

   • 1. a characteristic deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow: "a female frog can pick out a mate's voice from a cacophony of croaks"
   • ▪ a sound resembling a croak: "Lorton tried to laugh—it came out as a croak"

   verb

   • 1. (of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound: "the frogs settled in the shade, croaking happily"
   • ▪ (of a person) make a sound similar to a croak when speaking or laughing: "‘Thank you,’ I croaked" Similar raspsquawkcawcrowwheezegaspchokehackhawkbarkcoughspeak hoarselyspeak huskilyspeak throatilyspeak harshlyspeak thickly
   • ▪ prophesy evil or misfortune, especially unjustifiably and to the irritation of others: archaic "without croaking, it may be observed that our government is upon a dangerous experiment"
   • 2. die: informal "the dog finally croaked in 1987" Similar diepass awaypass onlose one's lifedepart this lifeexpirebreathe one's lastdraw one's last breathmeet one's endmeet one's deathlay down one's lifebe no moreperishbe lostgo the way of the fleshgo the way of all fleshgo to glorygo to one's last resting placego to meet one's makercross the great dividecross the Styxinformal:give up the ghostkick the bucketbite the dustflatlineconk outbuy itturn up one's toescash in one's chipsgo belly upshuffle off this mortal coilgo the way of the dinosaurspush up the daisiesbe six feet underinformal:snuff itpeg outpop one's clogshop the twig/stickbite the big onebuy the farmcheck outhand in one's dinner pailgo bungliterary:exitarchaic:deceaseOpposite livesurvive
   • ▪ kill (someone): "there are a few people down there who'd like to croak him"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a verb): imitative.

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