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How to pronounce “croak”
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Pronunciation guide for croak
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of croak with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 4 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Homegoing: A Novel
MARIAN CROAK: Hello, and thank you all for coming.
- Definition summary
- A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
Example 1 of 4
How to pronounce croak
Homegoing: A Novel
MARIAN CROAK: Hello, and thank you all for coming.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “croak”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
- The call of a frog or toad.
- The harsh call of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To make a croak sound.
- (transitive) To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
- (intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its vocal sound.
- (slang) To die.
- (transitive, slang) To kill.
- To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
- (programming slang, Perl) To abort the current program indicating a user or caller error.
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