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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Croak

/(krōk)/ · IPA /kɹoʊk/
01 v. i. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
imp. & p. p. Croaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Croaking
  1. 1.
    To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
    “Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked.” — Pope.
  2. 2.
    To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
    “Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness.” — Carlyle.
02 v. t. To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster.
  1. 1.
    To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster.
    “The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan.” — Shak.
    “Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song.” — Wordsworth.
03 n. The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.
  1. 1.
    The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.