CROAK
Dictionary entry overview: What does croak mean?
• CROAK (noun)
The noun CROAK has 1 sense:
1. a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
Familiarity information: CROAK used as a noun is very rare.
• CROAK (verb)
The verb CROAK has 3 senses:
1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
2. utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
3. make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
Familiarity information: CROAK used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CROAK (noun)
Meaning:
A harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
croak; croaking
Hypernyms ("croak" is a kind of...):
utterance; vocalization (the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication)
• CROAK (verb)
Meaning:
Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
pass away; kick the bucket; snuff it; give-up the ghost; drop dead; die; decease; buy the farm; cash in one's chips; perish; croak; expire; pop off; conk; exit; choke; go; pass
Context examples:
She died from cancer / They children perished in the fire / The patient went peacefully / The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
Hypernyms (to "croak" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "croak"):
abort (cease development, die, and be aborted)
asphyxiate; stifle; suffocate (be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen)
buy it; pip out (be killed or die)
drown (die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating)
predecease (die before; die earlier than)
famish; starve (die of food deprivation)
fall (die, as in battle or in a hunt)
succumb; yield (be fatally overwhelmed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
cronk; croak
Hypernyms (to "croak" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
gnarl; grumble; murmur; mutter; croak
Context example:
she grumbles when she feels overworked
Hypernyms (to "croak" is one way to...):
complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
