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1. croak
verb. ['ˈkroʊk'] pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
Synonyms
- predecease
- snuff it
- exit
- pop off
- conk
- suffocate
- expire
- die
- pass
- pass away
- perish
- give way
- conk out
- break down
- stifle
- abort
- drop dead
- give out
- change state
- go bad
- give-up the ghost
- pip out
- fall
- go
- decease
- asphyxiate
- buy the farm
- fail
- kick the bucket
- yield
- buy it
- cash in one's chips
- drown
- choke
- succumb
- turn
- famish
- break
Etymology
- croken (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Croak
- provoke
- misspoke
- stroke
- revoke
- invoke
- stoke
- spoke
- snoke
- smoke
- smoak
- schroeck
- schmoke
- laroque
- larocque
- evoke
- droke
- croke
- cloke
- cloak
- broke
- bloke
- baroque
- awoke
- yolk
- yoke
- yoak
- wouk
- wolk
- woke
- szoke
Sentences with croak
1. Verb, base form
The Panamanian golden frog does not croak but waves its hand to signal to other frogs.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Male toads croak to indicate their readiness to mate.
Quotes about croak
1. We can ast for comfort and hope and patience and courage . . . and we’ll git what we ast for. They ain’t no gar’ntee thet we ain’t go’n have no troubles and ain’t go’n die. But shore as frogs croak and cows bellow, God’ll forgive us if’n we ast Him to.
- Olive Ann Burns
2. croak
verb. ['ˈkroʊk'] make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.
Antonyms
Etymology
- croken (Middle English (1100-1500))