croak Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
croaking.
verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
verb utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
cronk.
verb make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
grumble; gnarl; mutter; murmur.
- she grumbles when she feels overworked

From the primitive of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. krchzen to croak, and to E. creak, crake.

imperfect & past participle Croaked (krkt); present participle & verbal noun Croaking

To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked. Pope.
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. Carlyle.

To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster.
The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. Shak.

Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song. Wordsworth.