noun a boast. ·see crack, ·noun.
2. crake ·vt & ·vi to cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
3. crake ·vt & ·vi to boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
4. crake ·noun any species or rail of the genera crex and porzana;
so called from its singular cry. ·see corncrake.