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Word Meanings - COAXATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of croaking. Dr. H. More.

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  • CROAK
    1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked. Pope. 2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode
  • CROAKER
    1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil. A small American fish , of the Atlantic coast. An American fresh-water fish ; -- called also drum. The surf fish of California. Note: When caught

 

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