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What (who) is croak$17713$ - definition
RECIPIENT OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (1892-1918)
John Bernard Croak; Croak, John
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Croak
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Croak (disambiguation)
·noun The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.
II. Croak ·vi To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.
III. Croak ·vt To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to Forebode; as, to croak disaster.
IV. Croak ·vi To Complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
croak
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Croak (disambiguation)
v. n.
1.
Talk croakingly, talk hoarsely, mumble and groan.
2.
Forebode, cry things down, be depreciatory, take a gloomy view of things.
croak
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Croak (disambiguation)
(croaks, croaking, croaked)
1.
When a frog or bird croaks, it makes a harsh, low sound.
Thousands of frogs croaked in the reeds by the riverbank.
VERB: V
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Croak is also a noun.
...the guttural croak of the frogs.
N-COUNT
2.
If someone croaks something, they say it in a low, rough voice.
Tiller moaned and managed to croak, 'Help me.'...
She croaked something unintelligible.
VERB: V with quote, V n
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Croak is also a noun.
His voice was just a croak.
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Wikipedia
John Croak
John Bernard Croak VC (May 18, 1892 – August 8, 1918) was a soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He earned the award for events that occurred during the Battle of Amiens in August 1918. A park and elementary school was named in his memory at Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
