Croak /(krōk)/

imp. & p. p. Croaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Croaking

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.

   Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked.

2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.

   Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness.

1. To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster.

   The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan.

   Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song.

1. The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.