crakes

Definition of crakesnext
plural of crake

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Noun
  • Top 5 Can’t Miss Sleep on the shores of one of Japan’s most scenic bays in the upscale Matsushima Sakan Shoan ryokan.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Others, like the ribbon weed that grows in the bays of Gathaagudu, Australia, poke their flowers from tiny spikes atop leafless stems.
    David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But let’s circle back to TV‘s patron saint of affable, oft–insidious quacks.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Automatic ducking doesn't add quacks to your soundtrack.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • And while humans can often discern animal distress calls or differentiate dog barks, many animal noises may seem inconsequential to the untrained human ear.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2026
  • One hums with high-speed drills and anxiety; the other echoes with joyful barks and tail wags.
    Henry I. Miller, STAT, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Crakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crakes. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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