croak

croak
1. noun
(of frog) Quaken, das; (of raven, person) Krächzen, das
2. intransitive verb
[Frosch:] quaken; [Rabe, Person:] krächzen
3. transitive verb
krächzen
* * *
[krəuk] 1. verb
(to utter a low hoarse sound like that of a frog: I could hear the frogs croaking.) quaken
2. noun
(such a sound.) das Quaken
* * *
croak
[krəʊk, AM kroʊk]
I. vi
1. crow, person krächzen; frog quaken
2. BRIT (sl: inform on others) singen fam
3. (sl: die) abkratzen derb, den Löffel abgeben fam
II. vt
1. (speak with rough voice)
▪ to \croak sth etw krächzen
2. (dated sl: kill)
▪ to \croak sb jdn abmurksen [o kaltmachen] sl
III. n of a crow, person Krächzen nt kein pl; of a frog Quaken nt kein pl
* * *
[krəʊk]
1. n
(of frog) Quaken nt no pl; (of raven, person) Krächzen nt no pl
2. vi
(frog) quaken; (raven, person) krächzen
3. vt
1) (person) krächzen
2) (inf

= die) he croaked it — er ist abgekratzt (inf)

* * *
croak [krəʊk]
A v/i
1. quaken (Frosch)
2. krächzen (Rabe etc, auch fig Mensch)
3. fig
a) murren
b) unken, schwarzsehen
4. sl abkratzen
B v/t
1. etwas krächzen(d sagen)
2. sl abmurksen
C s
1. Quaken n, Gequake n
2. Krächzen n, Gekrächze n
* * *
1. noun
(of frog) Quaken, das; (of raven, person) Krächzen, das
2. intransitive verb
[Frosch:] quaken; [Rabe, Person:] krächzen
3. transitive verb
krächzen
* * *
v.
krächzen v.
quaken v.

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