croaker

Meaning

  1. Someone who or something that makes a croaking sound.
  2. (dated) A vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer.
  3. (colloquial) A frog.
  4. A fish in the family Sciaenidae, known for the throbbing sounds it makes.
  5. (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

Protonibea diacanthus

Jammerer

Quengler

Meckerer

κρώζων

sciaenidé

grommeleur

réclameur

سمك النعاب؛ النعاق

Etymology

From croak + -er.

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