croaked; croaking; croaks
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Verb
We could hear the frogs croaking by the pond.
The man could only croak his name.
He tried to speak but could barely croak.
He had a heart attack and croaked.
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David Amsden, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Dec. 2025
But longtime church organist Alice Glick, who started in 1991's Season 2 (when the first George Bush was president), croaked.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 26 Dec. 2025
Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
The mangrove forests resounded with birdsong: the high trill of swallows and the guttural croak of snail kites.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Come nightfall, the chatter of a dizzying array of bird species (tanagers, toucans, motmots) gives way to a symphony of croaking frogs.
—David Amsden, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Dec. 2025
But longtime church organist Alice Glick, who started in 1991's Season 2 (when the first George Bush was president), croaked.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 26 Dec. 2025
Noun
In the middle of the forest, the only sounds biologist Kimberly Rosvall could hear were the croaks of nocturnal frogs and the distant howl of a coyote.
—Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
The mangrove forests resounded with birdsong: the high trill of swallows and the guttural croak of snail kites.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Croak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/croak. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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