CROAK


Meaning of CROAK in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

When a frog or bird ~s, it makes a harsh, low sound.

Thousands of frogs ~ed in the reeds by the riverbank.

VERB: V

Croak is also a noun.

...the guttural ~ of the frogs.

N-COUNT

2.

If someone ~s something, they say it in a low, rough voice.

Tiller moaned and managed to ~, ‘Help me.’...

She ~ed something unintelligible.

VERB: V with quote, V n

Croak is also a noun.

His voice was just a ~.

N-COUNT

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