croak

Examples

• All

• "I can't go back with you," he said, his voice nearly a croak.

  Fiction book (1999)

• "Yeah," he said, his voice a croak and a whisper.

  Fiction book (2001)

• "Yep," I say with a croak in my voice.

  Fiction book (1994)

• - I'll call when I can manage a croak.

  The Doctor (1991)

• "Me?" said Alex, more a croak than a statement.

  Fiction book (1998)

• A gulf exists here that is impossible to bridge - a raven and his croak.

  Delirium (2013)

• But all else was silent, not the croak of a frog nor the flicker of an insect's.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Reith spoke in a fateful croak: "Back, into the cave."

  Fiction book (1993)

• We listen to two or three frogs bandying croaks back and forth.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The early Tlingit perceived omens in the croak of a raven or the presence of a deer.

  Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

C

caw

vscroak

14 7.1

A harsh, loud sound made by a crow or raven

is a harsher hoarse rattling sound not only loud and raucous

C

croaking

vscroak

7 5.3

A rough low sound like a frog makes

is the same meaning but used as the simple base form

R

ribbit

vscroak

6 7.9

A croaking sound that frogs make

is the general term for that harsh hoarse sound rather than imitation

Antonyms

S

silence

660 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

How Harsh

screech

39 2.9

to caw

6 7.1

rasp

4 7.1

croak

5 4.2

murmur

36 4.1

Surface Forms

Etymology