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croak
(encz) | croak,krákat Vít Hrachový |
croak
(encz) | croak,skřehotat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Croak
(gcide) | Croak \Croak\, v. t.
To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to
forebode; as, to croak disaster.
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The raven himself is hoarse,
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. --Shak.
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Two ravens now began to croak
Their nuptial song. --Wordsworth.
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Croak
(gcide) | Croak \Croak\, n.
The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a
like sound.
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Croak
(gcide) | Croak \Croak\ (kr[=o]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Croaked.
(kr[=o]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Croaking.] [From the primitive
of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr[aum]chzen
to croak, and to E. creak, crake.]
1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a
raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
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Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog,
And the hoarse nation croaked. --Pope.
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2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to
utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
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Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. --Carlyle.
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croak
(wn) | croak
n 1: a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) [syn: croak,
croaking]
v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
functions necessary to sustain life; "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" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit,
pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, {cash in
one's chips}, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost,
drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant:
be born]
2: utter a hoarse sound, like a raven [syn: croak, cronk]
3: make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she
grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: murmur, mutter,
grumble, croak, gnarl] |
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croaked
(encz) | croaked,krákoral v: Zdeněk Brožcroaked,skřehotal v: Zdeněk Brož |
croaker
(encz) | croaker,felčar n: Zdeněk Brožcroaker,krákal v: Zdeněk Brožcroaker,skřehotal v: Zdeněk Brož |
croaking
(encz) | croaking, n: |
croaky
(encz) | croaky,skřehotavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
white croaker
(encz) | white croaker, n: |
yellowfin croaker
(encz) | yellowfin croaker, n: |
Atlantic croaker
(gcide) | Sciaenoid \Sci*ae"noid\, a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr.
?) + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous
marine fishes which includes the meagre (Sciaena umbra or
Sciaena aquila), and fish of the drum and croaker
families. The croaker is so called because it may make a
croaking noise by use of its bladder; the Atlantic croaker
(Micropogonias undulatus, formerly Micropogon undulatus)
and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and
the kingfish is a drum.
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Croak
(gcide) | Croak \Croak\, v. t.
To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to
forebode; as, to croak disaster.
[1913 Webster]
The raven himself is hoarse,
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Two ravens now began to croak
Their nuptial song. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]Croak \Croak\, n.
The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a
like sound.
[1913 Webster]Croak \Croak\ (kr[=o]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Croaked.
(kr[=o]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Croaking.] [From the primitive
of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr[aum]chzen
to croak, and to E. creak, crake.]
1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a
raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
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Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog,
And the hoarse nation croaked. --Pope.
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2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to
utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
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Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. --Carlyle.
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Croaked
(gcide) | Croak \Croak\ (kr[=o]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Croaked.
(kr[=o]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Croaking.] [From the primitive
of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr[aum]chzen
to croak, and to E. creak, crake.]
1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a
raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
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Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog,
And the hoarse nation croaked. --Pope.
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2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to
utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
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Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. --Carlyle.
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croaker
(gcide) | Sciaenoid \Sci*ae"noid\, a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr.
?) + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous
marine fishes which includes the meagre (Sciaena umbra or
Sciaena aquila), and fish of the drum and croaker
families. The croaker is so called because it may make a
croaking noise by use of its bladder; the Atlantic croaker
(Micropogonias undulatus, formerly Micropogon undulatus)
and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and
the kingfish is a drum.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Croaker \Croak"er\ (-?r), n.
1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains
unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the
Atlantic coast.
(a) An American fresh-water fish ({Aplodinotus
grunniens}); -- called also drum.
(c) The surf fish of California.
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Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence
the name, which is often corrupted into crocus. |
Croaker
(gcide) | Sciaenoid \Sci*ae"noid\, a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr.
?) + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Sciaenidae, a family of carnivorous
marine fishes which includes the meagre (Sciaena umbra or
Sciaena aquila), and fish of the drum and croaker
families. The croaker is so called because it may make a
croaking noise by use of its bladder; the Atlantic croaker
(Micropogonias undulatus, formerly Micropogon undulatus)
and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and
the kingfish is a drum.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Croaker \Croak"er\ (-?r), n.
1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains
unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the
Atlantic coast.
(a) An American fresh-water fish ({Aplodinotus
grunniens}); -- called also drum.
(c) The surf fish of California.
[1913 Webster]
Note: When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence
the name, which is often corrupted into crocus. |
Croaking
(gcide) | Croak \Croak\ (kr[=o]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Croaked.
(kr[=o]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Croaking.] [From the primitive
of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr[aum]chzen
to croak, and to E. creak, crake.]
1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a
raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
[1913 Webster]
Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog,
And the hoarse nation croaked. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to
utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
[1913 Webster]
Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. --Carlyle.
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croaky
(gcide) | croaky \croaky\ adj.
like the sounds of frogs and crows; as, acres of croaky
frogs.
Syn: croaking, guttural.
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atlantic croaker
(wn) | Atlantic croaker
n 1: a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny
barbels [syn: Atlantic croaker, {Micropogonias
undulatus}] |
croaker
(wn) | croaker
n 1: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic
coast of southern U.S.
2: any of several fishes that make a croaking noise |
croaking
(wn) | croaking
n 1: a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) [syn: croak,
croaking] |
croaky
(wn) | croaky
adj 1: like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice";
"acres of guttural frogs" [syn: croaky, guttural] |
white croaker
(wn) | white croaker
n 1: silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal
waters [syn: white croaker, queenfish, {Seriphus
politus}]
2: small silvery marine food fish found off California [syn:
white croaker, chenfish, kingfish, {Genyonemus
lineatus}] |
yellowfin croaker
(wn) | yellowfin croaker
n 1: a fish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn:
yellowfin croaker, surffish, surf fish, {Umbrina
roncador}] |
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