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1. A harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
   - croak

1. Utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
   - cronk
    
2. Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
   "she croaks when she feels overworked";
   - murmur, mutter, grumble, gnarl [archaic], chunter [Brit, informal]
    
3. Kill intentionally and with premeditation
   - murder, slay [literary], hit, dispatch, bump off [informal], off [N. Amer, informal], polish off [informal], remove
    
4. [informal] Cease to live; lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   "She croaked from cancer";
   - die, decease [archaic], perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket [informal], cash in one's chips [informal], buy the farm [N. Amer, informal], conk [informal], give-up the ghost [informal], drop dead, pop off [informal], choke, snuff it [informal], flatline [informal], cop it [Brit, informal], cash in [informal], pop one's clogs [informal]

Derived forms: croakings

Type of: change state, complain, emit, kick [informal], kill, kvetch [N. Amer, informal], let loose, let out, moan, plain [archaic], sound off, turn, utter, utterance, vocalization

Encyclopedia: Croaking