Definitions for croak

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Spelling: [krohk]
IPA: /kroʊk/

Croak is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in croak (ackor).

Definitions for croak

noun

  1. the act or sound of croaking.

verb (used with object)

  1. to utter or announce by croaking.
  2. Slang. to kill.

verb (used without object)

  1. to utter a low-pitched, harsh cry, as the sound of a frog or a raven.
  2. to speak with a low, rasping voice.
  3. Slang. to die.
  4. to talk despondingly; prophesy trouble or evil; grumble.

Origin of croak

1550-60; earlier croke, probably imitative; compare Old English cræcetian (of a raven) to croak

Examples for croak

Send a man home to croak of a cold on the chest—that's one of your tame tricks.

You must buy The croak; that'll be cheaper and more effective.

All the same though, this cough won't do me the service of making me croak.

When Tony takes over Danny's body, his voice begins to croak and he shakes his pointer finger for emphasis.

Seven feet of earth, if you like, just to be able to croak on my back.'

And then I sit on a bench facing the grave and a raven says something in a croak a few steps from me.

He tried to cry out, but the effort resulted only in a croak in his throat.

She touched it with her fingers; the frog did not move or croak.

The croak's in Joliet doing three years for working the sawdust.'

If you wanted to drink by yourself, you could croak by yourself.

Word Value for croak
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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