croak

Pronunciation: /kɹoʊk/

The English word “croak” has 10 meanings listed here.

noun

A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
The call of a frog or toad.
The harsh call of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.

verb

To make a croak sound.
To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
To make its vocal sound.
To die.
To kill.
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
To abort the current program indicating a user or caller error.

Etymology

From Middle English *croken, crouken, (also represented by craken > crake), back-formation from Old English crācettan (“to croak”) (also in derivative crǣcetung (“croaking”)), from Proto-Germanic *krēk-, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-g-, from *greh₂-k-, of onomatopoeic origin. See also Swedish kråka, German krächzen, Sanskrit गर्जति (garjati, “to growl”); also compare Latin grāculus…

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