- an animal, bird, etc, that croaks
- a grumbling person
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croak•er
(krō′kər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person or thing that croaks.
- Fishany of several sciaenoid fishes that make a croaking noise, esp. Micropogonias undulatus (Atlantic croaker,) found off the Atlantic coast of the southern U.S.
- a person who grumbles or forebodes evil.
- Slang Termsdoctor.
- croak + -er1 1630–40
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croaker /ˈkrəʊkə/ n
'croaker' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Atlantic croaker
- corbina
- hard head
- kingfish
- northern kingfish
- white croaker
- whiting
- spot
- squeteague