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Going west and not really caring - OK?
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croaking
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The sound of something that croaks. vb. (present participle of croak English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice"; "acres of guttural frogs" [syn: croaky , guttural ] n. a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) [syn: croak ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Croak \Croak\ (kr[=o]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Croaked . (kr[=o]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Croaking .] [From the primitive of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr[aum]chzen to croak, and to E. creak, crake.] To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, ...
Usage examples of croaking.
Instead he saw - and could not at first accept that he saw - a marshlike expanse, gray with mist and the hollow croakings of some distant birds.
A moment later I felt less sure that the deeper sounds were voices, since the apparent hoarse barkings and loose-syllabled croakings bore so little resemblance to recognized human speech.
Alm-Uncle accompanied him on some of his higher ascents, when they climbed up to the ancient storm-beaten fir trees and often disturbed the great bird which rose startled from its nest, with the whirl of wings and croakings, very near their heads.
There was a cascade of noises, of buzzings and chirpings and croakings, but nothing more than that.
We were reacting to soundless noise from the croakings of a giant frog.
Gilles' cries and Loefrig's pitiful croakings made Bronwyn feel like crying too but she resisted.
But while the Dinosaurs lorded it over the hot selvas and marshy plains and the Pterodactyls filled the forests with their flutterings and possibly with shrieks and croakings as they pursued the humming insect life of the still flowerless shrubs and trees, some less conspicuous and less abundant forms upon the margins of this abounding life were acquiring certain powers and learning certain lessons of endurance, that were to be of the utmost value to their race when at last the smiling generosity of sun and earth began to fade.