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# croaked

verb (croak, croaks, croaked, croaking)

«croaked» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (literal) made a deep rough sound, like a frog or a person with a sore throat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croaked/#m1)
2. (slang, euphemism) died. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croaked/#m2)

### In the lessons

The «died» sense is rough, jokey slang used in crime stories, films and dark humour; never polite. All regions.

### Examples

- The frogs croaked all night by the pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croaked/#x1)
- «Water,» he croaked, after the long walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croaked/#x2)
- In the film, the villain croaked at the end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croaked/#x3)
- Gossip: «Did you hear the old miser croaked?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croaked/#x4)
- My laptop croaked just before I saved my essay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croaked/#x5)
- The raven croaked from the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croaked/#x6)
- The raven flew and croaked--but too soon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croaked/#x7)

### Note

Trap: frogs croaking is literal and nice. Using «croaked» for a real death is disrespectful.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «croaked» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/croaked/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«croaked» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/croaked.html) on Mova free.