Included in that list are several verbs which, according to the OED, refer to animal sounds as well as to human utterances: bawl, bellow,
croak, fawn, growl, grumble, roar, snarl, sneer, snort, squeak, shriek, whimper, whine, and whistle.
Dickens's Hyperbolic Style Revisited: Verbs That Describe Sounds Made by Animals Used to Report the Words of Male Villains
Rachel
Croak is a Clinton High School graduate, Class of 2003 and Westfield State University Class of 2007, where she received her bachelor's degree in history.
Neighbor to Neighbor
Set in a land ruled by a decadent, selfish king (Adel Mahmoud Abed al-Latif), with the help of his uncaring servant
Croak, the people beyond the gates of the palace are poor and neglected.
A sad striving for optimism
When asked what would force them to withdraw,
Croak said: "a whole lot".
Some Oz athletes still feel it's safe to attend Delhi CWG
"Do you remember a while back when you and I were talking about how we were the oldest members of The Dumb Bunch and how we would probably
croak way before any of the other members did?"
Bowhunter news
Females of the species called rattlebox moths sniff out each other's male-attracting pheromones and congregate, creating the pheromone-based equivalent of male frogs gathering in a pond to
croak a mating chorus, say researchers.
Female moths join pheromone choruses
The full range of Shaver's art is displayed on this newest album with sparse guitar, bass, and drums that place the songs, and Shaver's evocative
croak of a voice, front and center.
The Real Deal
As an agricultural economist put it: "You'd
croak from smoke before you'd get high on hemp,"
High on Hemp
From the ragged
croak of "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" to the gallows grin of Bob Wills's "Trouble in Mind," Lofty Deeds tells a story of exploitation that would have been as familiar to Hank Williams as it is to Langford.
From punk to country: the evolution of Jon Langford
With a
croak a raven flies up and circles over my head.
In Late Autumn
To make matters worse, Americans tend to drink even less as they near retirement age, whereas French and British folks start drinking while they're young arid keep on going at the same rate 'til they
croak (usually at a ripe, old age).
Drinking us under the table. (Wise & Otherwise)
It satirizes an Anheuser-Busch ad campaign for beer, in which frogs
croak out the word "Budweiser."
Billboard company refuses to post ads mocking Anheuser
Well, fish can click, squeak, whistle, peep, grunt,
croak, and make lots of other noises.
Can fish hear?
Frogs
croak. The turtle Ben found in the river climbs out of the muddy bottom and onto the flat rock set in the pool's center as a sunning spot.
Dance of the whitetails
Then he turns bitterly on the crow for having disturbed, unasked, his unsuspicious bliss; he plucks the bird's feathers, turns him black, takes away his power of speech, changes his sweet song to a raucous
croak, and flings him to the Devil, thus accounting for the present appearance of all crows and serving as a warning to all tattle - tales.
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