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croak

/krəʊk/

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noun

/krəʊk/B2formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее глубокий, хриплый звук, издаваемый лягушкой или вороной, или похожий звук, издаваемый человеком, часто из-за боли в горле или затруднения речи.

A noun referring to the deep, harsh sound made by a frog or crow, or a similar sound made by a person, often due to a sore throat or difficulty speaking.

  1. Frog soundA2formal

    A deep, harsh sound made by a frog or raven.

    ruКваканье

    • The frog let out a loud croak from the pond.
    • We could hear the croak of ravens in the distance.
    • The croak of the bullfrog echoed across the lake.

    Synonymscroaking

  2. Hoarse voiceB1informal

    A rough, low sound made by a person with a sore throat or when speaking with difficulty.

    ruХриплый голос

    • He spoke with a croak after losing his voice.
    • Her croak was barely audible over the noise.
    • The singer's croak indicated she needed to rest her throat.

    Synonymsraspwheeze

Forms
  • croaks plural form
  • croaks' possessive plural form
  • croak's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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verb

/krəʊk/B2formal
  • ruГлагол, используемый для описания глубокого, хриплого звука, издаваемого лягушкой или вороном, или неформально — умереть или говорить грубым голосом.

A verb used to describe the deep, hoarse sound made by a frog or raven, or informally, to die or to speak in a rough voice.

  1. Make a deep, harsh soundB1formal

    To make a low, rough sound like that of a frog or raven.

    ruКвакать

    • The frogs croaked loudly by the pond.
    • A raven croaked from the tree above.
    • He could hear the toads croaking in the garden.

    Synonymscawraspsquawk

  2. Speak hoarselyB2informal

    To speak in a low, rough voice, often due to a sore throat or illness.

    ruГоворить хрипло

    • She croaked out a few words before losing her voice.
    • He croaked a greeting, his throat dry from the cold.
    • The singer croaked through the last song.

    Synonymsraspwheeze

  3. Die (slang)C1slang

    A slang term meaning to die.

    ruСдохнуть (сленг)

    • The old cat finally croaked after a long life.
    • He was so sick he thought he was going to croak.
    • The fish croaked as soon as it was out of water.

    Synonymsbuy the farmcash incheck outconk outkick the bucketpop offsnuff it

    Antonymslive

Forms
  • croaked past participle
  • croaked past simple
  • croaking present participle
  • croaks third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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