HyperDic: croak

English > 4 senses of the word croak:
VERBchangecroak, die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, snuff itpass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life
communicationcroak, cronkutter a hoarse sound, like a raven
communicationcroak, murmur, mutter, grumble, gnarlmake complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
NOUNcommunicationcroak, croakinga harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
croak > pronunciation
Soundskrow'k
Rhymesartichoke ... yolk: 36 rhymes with owk...
English > croak: 4 senses > noun 1, communication
MeaningA harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog).
Synonymcroaking
Broaderutterance, vocalizationThe use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
Spanishgañido, graznido, graznidos
Catalanrauc
Adjectivescroakylike the sounds of frogs and crows
Verbscroakutter a hoarse sound, like a raven
English > croak: 4 senses > verb 1, change
MeaningPass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymsdie, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, snuff it
Caused bykillCause to die
Entailed byleave, leave behindBe survived by after one's death
NarrowerabortCease development, die, and be aborted
buy it, pip outBe killed / killed or die
drowndie from being submerged / submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating / asphyxiating
falldie, as in battle / battle or in a hunt / hunt
predeceasedie before
starve, famishdie of food deprivation
succumb, yieldBe fatally overwhelmed
suffocate, stifle, asphyxiateBe asphyxiated
Broaderchange state, turnUndergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Oppositebe bornCome into existence through birth
Similar todieSuffer or face the pain of death
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break downstop operating or functioning
Spanishacudir, asfixiarse, asfixiar, caducar, caer muerto, colgar los guayos, croar, dejar de existir, diñar, entregar el alma, espichar, estirar la pata, estrangular, exhalar el último suspiro, expirar, fallecer, fenecer, finar, irse al otro barrio, ir, morir, palmar, pasar a mejor vida, pasar, perder la vida, perecer, salir de este mundo, salir, sucumbir, vencer
Catalanacudir, asfixiar, caducar, dinyar-la, estrangular, expirar, finar, morir-se, morir, perir
English > croak: 4 senses > verb 2, communication
MeaningUtter a hoarse sound, like a raven.
PatternSomething ----s
Synonymcronk
Broaderutter, emit, let out, let looseExpress audibly
Spanishcroar, graznar, refunfuñar
Catalangrallar, raucar, rondinar
Nounscroak, croakinga harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
croakerany of several fishes that make a croaking noise
English > croak: 4 senses > verb 3, communication
Meaningmake complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Synonymsmurmur, mutter, grumble, gnarl
Broadercomplain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetchExpress complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
Spanishgruñir, murmurar
Catalangrunyir, murmurar, queixar-se, rondinar

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