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croak
English
Etymology
From Middle English *croken, crouken, (also represented by craken > crake), back-formation from Old English cr?cettan (“to croak”) (also in derivative cr?cettung (“croaking”)), from Proto-Germanic *kr?k- (compare Swedish kråka, German krächzen), from Proto-Indo-European *greh?-k- (compare Latin gr?culus (“jackdaw”), Serbo-Croatian grákati).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: kr?k, IPA(key): /k?o?k/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kr?k, IPA(key): /k???k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Noun
croak (plural croaks)
- A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
- The cry of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit)
- The harsh cry of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.
Translations
Verb
croak (third-person singular simple present croaks, present participle croaking, simple past and past participle croaked)
- (intransitive) To make a croak.
- (transitive) To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
- (intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its cry.
- (slang) To die.
- (transitive, slang) To kill someone or something.
- He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.
- 1925, G. K. Chesterton, The Arrow of Heaven (first published in Nash's Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1925)
- If Wilton croaked the criminal he did a jolly good day's work, and there's an end of it.
- To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
- Marat […] croaks with such reasonableness.
Translations
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troak
English
Alternative forms
- troke
Etymology
From Scots troak, troke (“to barter, truck”), from Middle English trukken, trukien (> English truck), from Old French troquier, of Germanic origin. Compare German Trug (“deceit, trickery, deception”). More at truck.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t???k/
- (US) enPR: tr?k, IPA(key): /t?o?k/
Verb
troak (third-person singular simple present troaks, present participle troaking, simple past and past participle troaked)
- (Scotland) To barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.
Synonyms
- (barter, trade): swap, swop
Translations
Noun
troak (uncountable)
- (Scotland) Barter; exchange; truck.
- (Scotland) Small wares.
- (Scotland) Familiar intercourse.
Anagrams
- Korat, Tokar
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