croak
Oznaczający (Angielski)
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- A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
- The call of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit)
- The harsh call of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.
Synonimy
breathe one’s last
cash in one’s chips
give-up the ghost
sniff it
prophesy ill
cease to be
go to meet ones maker
make noise
succumb to
speak hoarsely
talk loudly
be dead
give a croak
forebode evil
Częstotliwość
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/kɹoʊk/
Etymologia (Angielski)
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.
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