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[ noun ] a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

Synonyms

croak

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

The ungainly bird thing ran_away , and to David its croaking sounded like the crowing of a tormented rooster .

Related terms

utterance croak

2
[ adjective ] like the sounds of frogs and crows

Synonyms

guttural croaky

Examples

"a guttural voice" "acres of guttural frogs"

Related terms

cacophonous

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Rhymes with

stroking creaking cracking choking joking poking soaking muckraking provoking smoking kicking racking wracking wreaking cooking reeking wrecking corking shrieking aching breaking tracking quaking trucking braking homemaking king qing shocking risking striking squeaking mocking walking docking locking balking knocking talking forking marking ranking parking working whacking ticking making lurking liking looking waking lacking taking seeking sucking viking fucking ducking backing licking picking tacking baking leaking packing booking sacking hawking shaking jerking shirking hooking remaking forsaking retaking asking clanking drinking shrinking rollicking stocking stalking blocking heartbreaking hardworking groundbreaking carjacking sneaking smacking sticking staking speaking whacking attacking masking hijacking nanking banking sinking hulking handshaking winking cornhusking peking thanking mistaking thinking spanking stinking planking blinking sleepwalking interlocking nitpicking meatpacking lovemaking lawmaking ransacking debunking dressmaking unthinking woodworking bloodsucking moneymaking metalworking overlooking overtaking earthshaking painstaking breathtaking papermaking undertaking chongqing

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

creaking cracking creakingly crashing crushing crossing crookneck cracksman Creason crushingly cryogen crouching Crossin

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