CROAK
What does "CROAK" mean?
To make the deep hoarse sound of a frog or crow.
Meanings
- To utter a deep, harsh, throaty sound, as a frog, crow, or hoarse person does. The frogs croaked all night beside the pond.
- To die. The old engine finally croaked on the highway. informal
- The deep harsh sound made by a frog or crow. A single croak broke the silence of the marsh.
Word origin
Of imitative origin in Middle English, echoing the harsh sound itself; related to 'creak' and to Old English 'cracian' (to resound).
Remember it
CROAK starts like CROW and ends in the OAK a crow sits in - both birds and the word sound like the noise.
A little poem
The pond clears its throat-
one croak, then a hundred croaks,
the dark made of frogs.
haiku
Wordplay
- Why don't frogs ever pay their debts? They always croak first.
What it teaches
The same rough voice can mean a living song or a final breath - meaning lives in the listener, not the sound.
Quick facts
What does CROAK mean?
To make the deep hoarse sound of a frog or crow.
Is CROAK a valid word?
Yes — CROAK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CROAK?
CROAK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CROAK come from?
Of imitative origin in Middle English, echoing the harsh sound itself; related to 'creak' and to Old English 'cracian' (to resound).
What can CROAK teach us?
The same rough voice can mean a living song or a final breath - meaning lives in the listener, not the sound.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.