/krohk/ , v.i.
1. to utter a low-pitched, harsh cry, as the sound of a frog or a raven.
2. to speak with a low, rasping voice.
3. Slang. to die.
4. to talk despondingly; prophesy trouble or evil; grumble.
v.t.
5. to utter or announce by croaking.
6. Slang. to kill.
n.
7. the act or sound of croaking.
[ 1550-60; earlier croke, prob. imit.; cf. OE craecetian (of a raven) to croak ]