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Croaking   /krˈoʊkɪŋ/   Listen
Croaking

noun
1.
A harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog).  Synonym: croak.



Croak

verb
(past & past part. croaked; pres. part. croaking)
1.
Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.  Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it.  "The children perished in the fire" , "The patient went peacefully" , "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
2.
Utter a hoarse sound, like a raven.  Synonym: cronk.
3.
Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.  Synonyms: gnarl, grumble, murmur, mutter.



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"Croaking" Quotes from Famous Books



... withdrew the other hundred-franc note and held the two together in his hand. Once more the gnome made his strange, croaking sound and the ...
— Jason • Justus Miles Forman

... into the Magic Bush. The little King was immediately changed into a strange red Frog, which ran away croaking fearfully. ...
— The Great Red Frog • Mosnar Yendis (AKA Sidney Ransom)

... in such a queer, hollow, croaking voice, "Paul Lessingham." I was dreadfully startled. To hear a perfect stranger, a man in his condition, utter that name in such a fashion—to me, of all people in the world!—took me aback. The policeman who was holding his head remarked, ...
— The Beetle - A Mystery • Richard Marsh

... of a distant torrent came to them. The hoarse croaking of frogs and the chirping of crickets were mingled with the hooting of owls and the nearer hum of mosquitoes. Bats and moths were flitting on silent wings among the trees, and there was a rustle of dry leaves, as unseen animals of the night ...
— Kiddie the Scout • Robert Leighton

... the clouds that covered the moon had just thinned enough to render darkness visible, and nothing was to be heard save the continual croaking of the frogs, which are very large and numerous in the marshes of the Danube, when four boats pushed off and proceeded quickly, yet quietly, ...
— In the Track of the Troops • R.M. Ballantyne


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