English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “croak”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for croak is croak, with 0 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
croak
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British English pattern result croak The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordcroak
Hyphenationcroak
Break points0
Part of speechnoun · intransitive verb
Pronunciation/kroʊk/
Meaning & usage

What does “croak” mean?

croak: A deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow.

Headwordcroak
Part of speechnoun · intransitive verb
Pronunciation/kroʊk/
1
noun

A deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow.

Example: “a female frog can pick out a mate's voice from a cacophony of croaks”

2
intransitive verb

(of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound.

Example: “the frogs settled in the shade, croaking happily”

3
intransitive verb

Die.

Synonyms:
die expire perish be lost be no more breathe one's last cross the great divide cross the Styx depart this life draw one's last breath go the way of all flesh go the way of the flesh +9 more
Word breaks

How “croak” is split

croak

For US English, the hyphenation result is croak. This gives 0 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “croak”

How do you hyphenate “croak”?

In the US-English result used here, croak is hyphenated as croak.

Where can “croak” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 0 possible break points.

What does “croak” mean?

A deep hoarse sound made by a frog or a crow.

Can you use “croak” in a sentence?

“a female frog can pick out a mate's voice from a cacophony of croaks”

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