I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"I don't feel very well," he croaked.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He was not croaking, and he was not going to croak.
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He would croak if he opened his mouth, so he kept it shut.
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I croaked, wanting to say something, anything, to delay heavenly retribution.
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I do not know why Miller should have croaked out such a name.
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Mitchell croaked, breaking out from his severe daze.
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She felt entirely responsible for the accident although Berg croaked that it was all his own fault.
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The man croaked a few hardly comprehensible syllables.
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They scrambled to retrieve them, croaking out blessings and thanks.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But nothing emerged, not even a croak .
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His voice was hoarse as a raven's croak .
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The spinach was in her mouth when a terrible sound came from her throat the gaping croak of nausea.
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They chase and frolic, tarry, turn loops; they make croaks, high cries, and rattling sounds.
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Winded, Tabitha gasped, a horrible gagging croak .