croaked
past simple and past participle ofcroak
croak
verb
uk/krəʊk/us/kroʊk/croakverb(MAKE SOUND)
[IorT]
Whenanimalssuch asfrogsandcrowscroak, they makedeeproughsounds.
If you croak, youspeakwith aroughvoicebecause you have asoreordrythroat.
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- coo
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- miaow
- moo
- peep
- purr
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- warble
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Ways of talking
croakverb(DIE)
[I]slang
todie
Death and dying
- be as dead as a doornailidiom
- bereave
- bite
- bleed out
- buy the farmidiom
- cadaveric
- death toll
- depart this lifeidiom
- fatality
- ghost
- morbid
- necrophiliac
- perch
- predecease
- push
- remains
- shuffle off this mortal coilidiom
- starvation
- toll
- watery
Examplesofcroaked
croaked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In response to the correct question, the puppetcroakedand nodded its head.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Hecroakednot long ago.
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