croak

Meaning

Noun

1. A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
2. The call of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit)
3. The harsh call of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.

Verb

1. To make a croak.
2. To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
3. To make its sound.
4. (slang) To die.
5. (slang) To kill someone or something.
6. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
7. (slang) To abort the current program indicating a user or caller error.

Synonyms

die

💀

pass away

caw

perish

kick the bucket

decease

expire

breathe one’s last

peg out

snuff it

choke

buy the farm

conk

croaking

drop dead

exit

go

pass

pop off

cash in one’s chips

give-up the ghost

sniff it

grumble

quack

demise

prophesy ill

rasp

ring down the curtain

pass on

give up the ghost

shout

gnarl

cease to be

squawk

succumb

hoot

mutter

join the choir invisible

go to meet ones maker

make noise

murmur

growl

mew

bray

cronk

succumb to

trill

trumpet

🎺

twitter

underlie

utter

vanish

wheeze

whinny

whistle

yammer

yell

hollo

bleat

speak hoarsely

talk loudly

be dead

bite the dust

wite

give a croak

crow

cry

😢

bellow

depart

chirrup

chirp

fall

forebode evil

groan

grouch

grouse

halloo

honk

kick off

cheep

make

natter

neigh

carp

cackle

pipe

rattle

ribbit

roar

roll over

scream

😱

screech

sing

sound

🔉

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹoʊk/

Etymology

From Middle English *croken, crouken, (also represented by craken > crake), back-formation from Old English crācettan (“to croak”) (also in derivative crǣcettung (“croaking”)), from Proto-Germanic *krēk- (compare Swedish kråka, German krächzen), potentially from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-g- (compare Sanskrit गर्जति (garjati, “to growl”); also Latin grāculus (“jackdaw”), Serbo-Croatian grákati from *greh₂-k-), of onomatopoeic origin.