croaker
Meaning
- Someone who or something that makes a croaking sound.
- (dated) A vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer.
- (colloquial) A frog.
- A fish in the family Sciaenidae, known for the throbbing sounds it makes.
- (slang) A doctor.
Synonyms
jew fish
ronco
Atlantic shadefish
Bengal corvina
Dussumier’s croaker
West Indian croaker
bearded jewfish
blackspotted croacker
blackspotted croaker
cro cro
cro-cro
drab jew fish
golden croaker
green-backed jewfish
Atlantic croaker
Equetus
mangrove snapper
rocando
two-belly bashaw
whitemouth croaker
Translations
Etymology
From croak + -er.
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