[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

croak \croak\ kr=ok, v. i. imp.  p. p. croaked.
   kr=okt; p. pr.  vb. n. croaking. from the primitive
   of as. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to g. kraumchzen
   to croak, and to e. creak, crake.
   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.
      1913 webster

            loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog,
            and the hoarse nation croaked.        --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. to complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to
      utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
      1913 webster

            marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. --carlyle.
      1913 webster
see also:
croaked croaking 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

croaking
     adj : like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice";
           "acres of guttural frogs" syn: croaky, guttural
     n : a harsh hoarse utterance as of a frog syn: croak
see also:
croaky guttural croak 

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