Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having or uttering a croak, or low, harsh, guttural sound; hoarse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective like the sounds of frogs and crows.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a sound Like that of a
frog
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective like the sounds of frogs and crows
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Examples
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It's pronounced "croaky," he insists, and was invented in Ireland in the early 19th century, not in France, as the spelling of the name might have you believe.
Different Strokes 2008
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My only problem was this week I had a sinus/throat infection that's on the mend, so I sound a little "croaky"...so bear with it...or maybe it makes me sound better...
Archive 2008-02-01 Zillabob 2008
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He sounds a lot like sort of a less wholesome Al Green, sort of beautiful kind of croaky voice.
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My only problem was this week I had a sinus/throat infection that's on the mend, so I sound a little "croaky"...so bear with it...or maybe it makes me sound better...
Podcasting.... Zillabob 2008
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She screamed like one too, croaky and guttural, as she ordered the minions to bring her more tea—that unslakable thirst that the sisters had first noticed in her still evident.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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She screamed like one too, croaky and guttural, as she ordered the minions to bring her more tea—that unslakable thirst that the sisters had first noticed in her still evident.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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If I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue's Barry Cryer – he of the relentlessly filthy mind and the impossibly croaky pipe-smoker's laugh – is already fully established as a national comic treasure, you wouldn't bet against the man sharing the stage with him on Sunday eventually coming to enjoy a similar status.
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He concludes a tribute to acoustic music with a croaky, hammed-up version of "Maggie's Farm," and it rules.
Live blogging from the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Click Track 2011
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She screamed like one too, croaky and guttural, as she ordered the minions to bring her more tea—that unslakable thirst that the sisters had first noticed in her still evident.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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She screamed like one too, croaky and guttural, as she ordered the minions to bring her more tea—that unslakable thirst that the sisters had first noticed in her still evident.
Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011
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