Croaked vs Crocked - What's the difference?
croaked | crocked |
(croak)
A faint, harsh sound made in the throat.
The cry of a frog or toad. (see also ribbit)
To make a croak.
To utter in a low, hoarse voice.
* Shakespeare
(of a frog) To make its cry.
(of a raven) To make its cry.
(slang) To die.
(slang) To kill someone or something.
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
* Carlyle
(crock)
(British) injured (of a person)
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Clive Lindsay
, title=Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone
, work=BBC Sport
(British) broken (of a thing)
As verbs the difference between croaked and crocked
is that croaked is (croak) while crocked is (crock).As an adjective crocked is
(british) injured (of a person) or crocked can be (north america) drunk (of a person).croaked
English
Verb
(head)croak
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- The raven himself is hoarse, / That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan.
- He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him.
- Marat croaks with reasonableness.
crocked
English
Etymology 1
See (crock) (verb)Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=St Johnstone boss Derek McInnes had made two changes, with Callum Davidson, who has now recovered from injury, the replacement for crocked fellow defender David McCracken and David Robertson taking the place of Chris Millar in midfield.}}