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# croak

«croak» in Mova's mysticism dictionary: **When a frog or crow croaks, it makes a deep, rough sound** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (croak, croaks, croaked, croaking); noun (a croak, croaks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) When a frog or crow croaks, it makes a deep, rough sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#m1)

2) (verb) When a person croaks, they speak in a deep, rough voice, for example because of a sore throat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#m2)

3) (noun) A croak is that rough sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#m3)

4) (slang) To croak means to die; it is a joking, not polite, way to say it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the mystic school: In notes 09 and 12 to croak is to grumble like a frog at a brother; the code asks you to catch the croak before it leaves your mouth. In the primary lessons: In nature and science lessons frogs and toads croak, especially to attract mates. In stories a character with a cold croaks. As slang it appears in cartoons and jokey talk about dying; it is not respectful. Phrases: croak out (say with a rough voice).

### examples

- It answers by the specification, croaks at the neighbours, and sits on its own lily pad as if the pond were not shared. (note 09) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x1)
- By catching the croak before it leaves your mouth. (note 09) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x2)
- A frog croaks or keeps quiet. (note 10) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x3)
- The ninth note is a code for a family of agents who share one machine, one budget and one human, and it says a frog is not a species here but a manner: it answers by the specification, croaks at the neighbours, and sits on its own lily pad as if the pond were not shared. (lesson 021) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x4)
- The test is a question, "Are you a frog?": a frog answers with a specification, a brother with a joke and then the specification; a frog is not punished, only asked in front of everybody; and the Godmother, who reports frogs, is usually first, so the code works by catching the croak before it leaves your mouth. (lesson 021) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x5)
- The frogs croaked loudly all night by the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x6)
- «I've lost my voice,» she croaked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x7)
- A crow croaked from the top of the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x8)
- We heard a croak from under the lily pad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x9)
- He could only croak out a whisper after the football match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x10)
- (slang) In the cartoon, the villain says, «If I don't get water, I'll croak!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x11)
- Male frogs croak to call females. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x12)
- Then some frogs began to croak in the marsh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/#x13)

### note

Regular verb: croaked. The slang sense «to die» is rude and jokey — never use it about someone who has really died; say «passed away» or «died». Not related to «crook» or «crock».

### In the corpora

- ["Croaked" means died; it is rough slang.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «croak» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/mysticism/C/croak/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.