Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. 2. (v. i.) To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. 3. (v. t.) To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster. 4. (n.) The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.

Multi-Version Concordance Croak (1 Occurrence) Zephaniah 2:14 And crouched in her midst have droves, Every beast of the nation, Both pelican and hedge-hog in her knobs lodge, A voice doth sing at the window, 'Destruction 'is' at the threshold, For the cedar-work is exposed.' (See RSV)