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verb

Croak v. t. To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster. "The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan." "Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song."

Croak v. i. (past & past part. croaked; pres. part. croaking)

To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. "Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked."

To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. "Marat... croaks with reasonableness."

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Etymology of 'Croaking'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Croaking" Quotes from Famous Books

... rose from the dewy ground, and as they neared a marshy pool, a low, musical whining and croaking told that the frogs which made the stagnant place their home had a full belief that before long ...

— Crown and Sceptre - A West Country Story • George Manville Fenn

... very unearthly poet whose story Shelley has written? Do they think that they are going to make a hearty meal upon me this evening or to-morrow morning? I remain quite still, pleased at the thought of cheating the greedy, croaking scavengers of Nature, and hoping that they will grow bold enough to settle at length somewhere near me. But they are too suspicious; perhaps with their superior sight they note the blinking of my eyes as I look upwards at the dazzling sky, or instinct may tell them that I am not lying down ...

— Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine • Edward Harrison Barker

... jaundiced, in the centre of a great, empty room, where, shivering with cold, he did not let his voice exceed a croaking whisper though there was panelling and no arras on the dim walls. But, to his ...

— The Fifth Queen • Ford Madox Ford

... happiest tunes; and the oriole sang a lullaby to her hanging cradle that rocked in the wind. I heard the twitter of skimming swallows and the scattered covey's piping call; I heard the robin's gay whistle, the croaking of crows, the scolding of blue-jays, and the melancholy cooing of a dove. The swaying tree-tops seemed vocal with bird-song while he played, and the labyrinths of leafy shade echoed back the chorus. Then the violin sounded the hunter's horn, and the deep-mouthed pack of fox hounds opened ...

— Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales • Robert L. Taylor

... that which does not belong to it—no two gods must we serve; but (as one has seen in some old portraits) the horrible glazed eyes of Necessity are always fixed upon you; fly away as you will, black Care sits behind you, and with his ceaseless gloomy croaking drowns the voice of all more cheerful companions. Happy he whose fortune has placed him where there is calm and plenty, and who has the wisdom not to give up his quiet in quest ...

— George Cruikshank • William Makepeace Thackeray

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