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   Croak (krōk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Croaked. (krōkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Croaking.] [From the primitive of AS.  cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G.  krächzen to croak, and to E. creak, crake.]
   1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
   
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   Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog,
   
   And the hoarse nation croaked. Pope.
   
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   2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
   
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   Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. Carlyle.
   
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   Croak, v. t. To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, “to croak disaster”.
   
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   The raven himself is hoarse,
   
   That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. Shak.
   
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   Two ravens now began to croak
   
   Their nuptial song. Wordsworth.
   
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   Croak, n. The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.
   
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