'Croaking' definitions:
Definition of 'croaking'
From: WordNet
noun
A harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) [syn: croak, croaking]
Definition of 'Croaking'
From: GCIDE
- Croak \Croak\ (kr[=o]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Croaked. (kr[=o]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Croaking.] [From the primitive of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr[aum]chzen to croak, and to E. creak, crake.]
- 1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. [1913 Webster]
- Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. [1913 Webster]
- Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]