verb · transitive · rare

croak

croak · croaks · croaked · croaking

квакати

хрипеть, квакать

krächzen, quaken

To make a croak soundTo make a croak sound.

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UK/kɹəʊk/US/kɹoʊk/

» Can you hear the frogs croaking?

Слышишь, как квакают лягушки? — odexed

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Meaning

7 senses

(intransitive)To make a croak sound.
krächzen
хрипе́тьxripétʹ
(transitive)To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
(intransitive)To make its vocal sound.
quaken
ква́катьkvákatʹ
ква́катиkvákaty
(intransitive, slang)To die.
krepieren, abkratzen
сдыха́тьsdyxátʹ, сдо́хнутьsdóxnutʹ
ґи́ґнутиgýgnuty, здиха́тиzdyxáty, здо́хнутиzdóxnuty
(slang, transitive)To kill.
He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.
замочи́тьzamočítʹ, ко́кнутьkóknutʹ, завали́тьzavalítʹ
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
(slang)To abort the current program indicating a user or caller error.

Examples

27 sentences

Can you hear the frogs croaking?
ruСлышишь, как квакают лягушки? — odexed
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I've never heard a frog croak.
ruЯ никогда не слышал, как квакает лягушка. — marafon
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Can you hear frogs croaking?
ruСлышишь, как лягушки квакают? — Wezel
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The sound of crickets chirping and frogs croaking lulls me to sleep.
Сюрчання цвіркунів та квакання жаб мене заколисують. — deniko
ruСтрекотание сверчков и кваканье лягушек меня усыпляют. — Wezel
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Since there are rice paddies near my house, I often hear frogs croaking all night long this time of year.
ruИз-за того, что рядом с моим домом есть рисовые поля, я в это время года часто всю ночь слышу лягушачье кваканье. — Wezel
deWegen der Reisfelder in der Nähe meines Hauses kann ich zu dieser Jahreszeit oft die ganze Nacht lang die Frösche quaken hören. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

of a frog, to make its sound:

slang: to die:

Русский

By meaning 4

to make a croak:

of a frog, to make its sound:

slang: to die:

slang: to kill:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to make a croak:

of a frog, to make its sound:

slang: to die:

Origin

From Middle English *croken, crouken, (also represented by craken > crake), back-formation

From Middle English *croken, crouken, (also represented by craken > crake), back-formation from Old English crācettan (“to croak”) (also in derivative crǣcetung (“croaking”)), from Proto-Germanic *krēk-, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-g-, from *greh₂-k-, of onomatopoeic origin.

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Forms

croaks, croaking, croaked, croaked

Base form	croak · to croak
3rd person singular	croaks
Present participle	croaking
Past simple	croaked
Past participle	croaked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	croak
he, she, it	croaks

Past simpleLesson

all persons

croaked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have croaked
he, she, it	has croaked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will croak

Synonyms

22 synonyms

Close in meaning

utter a hoarse sound, like a raven:cronk
make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath:murmur mutter grumble gnarl
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life:die decease perish go exit pass away expire pass

Word family

4 related words

Relatedcroaker croaking

Derivedcroaking gourami croakingly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle