Listen, you can hear all the frogs starting to croak outside. At first I found them annoying, but I've gotten used to them now.
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Croak
//kɹoʊk//
Synonyms for "croak" (256 found)
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Verb(22 words)
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Verb(29 words)
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150 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- نَقِيق noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- نَقَّ verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Assamese
2 entries- টুৰ টুৰ noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- টুৰ টুৰা verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- qurultu noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- vaqqıltı noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- gorbagor olmaq verb (slang: to die)
- quruldamaq verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Breton
1 entries- koagal verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ква́кане noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- ква́кам verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
- крякам verb (to make a croak)
- убивам verb (slang: to kill)
Catalan
4 entries- rauc noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- matar verb (slang: to kill)
- raucar verb (to make a croak)
- raucar verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 呱呱 noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- 沙哑的声音 noun (a faint, harsh sound made in the throat)
- 呱呱 verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
- 嗝屁 verb (slang: to die)
Czech
2 entries- kvákání noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- kvákat verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Danish
3 entries- kvæk noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- kvække verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
- skrige verb (to make a croak)
Dutch
4 entries- gekwaak noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- kwak noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- de pijp uit gaan verb (slang: to die)
- kwaken verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Esperanto
2 entries- kvako noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- kvaki verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Estonian
3 entries- krooks noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- krooksuma verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
- kärvama verb (slang: to die)
Finnish
3 entries- korahdella verb (to make a croak)
- korahtaa verb (to make a croak)
- kurnuttaa verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
French
4 entries- coassement noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- buter verb (slang: to kill)
- clamser verb (slang: to die)
- coasser verb (to make a croak)
Galician
1 entries- croar verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Georgian
2 entries- ყიყინი noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- ყიყინებს verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
German
4 entries- Quaken noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- abkratzen verb (slang: to die)
- krepieren verb (slang: to die)
- krächzen verb (to make a croak)
Greek
4 entries- κουάξ noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- κρωγμός noun (a faint, harsh sound made in the throat)
- κόασμα noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- κοάζω verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Hebrew
3 entries- חרחור noun (a faint, harsh sound made in the throat)
- קרקור noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- קִרְקֵר verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Hungarian
4 entries- brekegés noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- krákogás noun (a faint, harsh sound made in the throat)
- kuruttyolás noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- vartyogás noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
Indonesian
1 entries- menguak verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Ingrian
1 entries- krookkaa verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Irish
1 entries- grág noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
Italian
4 entries- gracidio noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- crepare verb (slang: to die)
- gracidare verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
- terminare verb (slang: to kill)
Japanese
3 entries- ケロケロ noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- くたばる verb (slang: to die)
- ゲロゲロ鳴く verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tāktāk verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Korean
4 entries- 개굴개굴 noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- 골로 가다 verb (slang: to die)
- 뒈지다 verb (slang: to die)
- 뒤지다 verb (slang: to die)
Latin
3 entries- coaxō verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
- crōciō verb (to make a croak)
- quaxō verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Macedonian
1 entries- крека verb (to make a croak)
Māori
2 entries- ōkaka noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- ōkaka verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- hark noun (a faint, harsh sound made in the throat)
- harke verb (to make a croak)
- krepere verb (slang: to die)
Old French
1 entries- morir verb (slang: to kill)
Polish
4 entries- rechot noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- kumkać verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
- rechotać verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
- zabić verb (slang: to kill)
Portuguese
4 entries- coaxada noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- coaxo noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- coaxar verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
- grasnar verb (to make a croak)
Russian
4 entries- ква́канье noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- хрип noun (a faint, harsh sound made in the throat)
- завали́ть verb (slang: to kill)
- замочи́ть verb (slang: to kill)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- krȅkēt noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- кре̏ке̄т noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- krekètati verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
- krekètnuti verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Slovak
1 entries- kvákať verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Spanish
4 entries- croac noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- croar verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
- espicharla verb (slang: to die)
- groar verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Swedish
2 entries- kväk noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- kväka verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Tagalog
2 entries- kokak noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- kumokak verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Turkish
2 entries- vıraklama noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- vıraklamak verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ква́кання noun (the sound of a frog or toad)
- здиха́ти verb (slang: to die)
- здо́хнути verb (slang: to die)
- ква́кати verb (of a frog, to make its sound)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The clouds, heavy with hail and snow-flakes, hung low in the sky, and the raven stood on the ferns crying, "Croak, croak." It made one shiver with cold to look at him.
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I've never heard a frog croak.
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The toad started to croak.
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