croaking
present 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
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
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
Examplesofcroaking
croaking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
One child is made the hunter; the others run off, flapping their arms andcroakinglike ravens or leaping and howling like wolves.
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I apologise forcroakingmy way through just a few comments in the aftermath of cold.
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I do not wish to say much more, because my voice iscroakingand the subject is very emotional to me.
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That being so, why is hecroakingand squawking in mounting a spurious protest?
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I shall probably end my remarkscroakinglike a fifth-form choirboy whose voice is breaking.
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At the moment it iscroakinga little.
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Financial croakings have always formed part of the stock-in-trade of politicians.
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There was nocroakingin the spell.
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Theircroakingwas stilled for ever.
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Croakinggouramis will prowl about all areas of the aquarium, preferring to lurk among reeds and under large leaves close to the water surface.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fish contracts its sonic muscle fibers against the swim bladder to produce thecroakingsound.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The brown skua's call is a harsh "hah-hah-hah-hah"; quacking andcroakingnoises have also been heard.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They emit a loudcroakingand a bleating sound when stressed or handled.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Croakingprovides a reliable sign of body size and hence of prowess.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One feels that, if any bird did nest near this cottage, it would be thecroakingraven or fatal owl.
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