Croaking

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Uttering a low, harsh, guttural sound.
  • Foreboding evil; grumbling.
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  • verb. Present participle of croak.
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  • noun. a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)
  • Word Usage
    "It made them strong and willful, and it made them blind and disfigured, and it spurred them to sing strange guttural songs in croaking voices that haunted the American night."
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    croak