croak
a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
• Syn:
croaking
• Derivationally related forms:
croak (for: croaking), croaky
• Hypernyms:
utterance, vocalization
1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (Freq. 1)
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
• Syn:
die, decease, perish, go, exit,
pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm,
conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, snuff it
• Ant:
be born (for: die)
• See Also:
die out (for: die), die off (for: die), die down (for: die)
• Derivationally related forms:
passing (for: pass), expiration (for: expire), exit (for: exit), going (for: go), decedent (for: decease), decease (for: decease), death (for: die), Death (for: die)
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
abort, suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, buy it,
pip out, drown, predecease, starve, famish, fall,
succumb, yield
• Verb Group:
die, fail, go bad, give way, give out,
conk out, go, break, break down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. utter a hoarse sound, like a raven
• Syn:
cronk
• Derivationally related forms:
croaker, croaking
• Hypernyms:
utter, emit, let out, let loose
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
- she grumbles when she feels overworked
• Syn:
murmur, mutter, grumble, gnarl
• Derivationally related forms:
grumble (for: grumble), grumbler (for: grumble), grumbling (for: grumble), mutter (for: mutter), muttering (for: mutter), murmur (for: murmur), murmuring (for: murmur), murmurer (for: murmur)
• Hypernyms:
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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