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Ribbit vs. Croak

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Ribbitinterjection

(onomatopoeia) The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.

‘The students fell momentarily silent while he finished writing on the board. Then, "Ribbit!"’;

Croaknoun

A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.

Ribbitnoun

The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.

Croaknoun

The cry of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit)

Ribbitverb

(intransitive) To make the sound of a frog or toad.

Croaknoun

The harsh cry of various birds, such as the raven or corncrake, or other creatures.

Croakverb

(intransitive) To make a croak.

Croakverb

(transitive) To utter in a low, hoarse voice.

Croakverb

To make its cry.

Croakverb

(slang) To die.

Croakverb

To kill someone or something.

‘He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.’;

Croakverb

To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.

Croakverb

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.’;

Croakverb

To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.

‘Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness.’;

Croakverb

To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster.

‘The raven himself is hoarse,That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan.’; ‘Two ravens now began to croakTheir nuptial song.’;

Croaknoun

The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.

Croaknoun

a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

Croakverb

die;

‘The old man finally kicked the bucket’;

Croakverb

utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

Croakverb

make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath;

‘she grumbles when she feels overworked’;

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