Kicks the bucket

Usage examples of croaks.

A good language, mostly grunts, croaks and hisses, but they do not talk to men very often— usually they prefer to act.

A low chorus of grumbling croaks, fading in the distance, marked the bullywugs' retreat.

Pa croaks some unintelligible raven sounds, her breath stolen by punctured lung.

The booming croaks assailed her—angry, derisive—but she was too shaken to notice.

Their bass cries echoed from the walls—dull bellows, hoarse croaks, rasping hisses—plainly intelligible communication to their pit-like ears.