- croaker
- croaker "prophet of evil," 1630s, agent noun from CROAK (Cf. croak) (v.); a reference to the raven (Cf. M.E. crake "a raven," early 14c., from O.N. kraka "crow," of imitative origin).
Etymology dictionary. 2014.
croaker
Look at other dictionaries:
Croaker — bezeichnet: Fische: Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) Kingcroakers (Menticirrhus) Spot Croaker (Leiostomus xanthurus) Spotfin Croaker (Roncador stearnsii) Umberfische (Sciaenidae) White Croaker (Genyonemus lineatus), um Großbritannien… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Croaker — can mean another name for Sciaenidae Croaker, Virginia USS Croaker (SS 246) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you … Wikipedia
Croaker — Croak er ( ?r), n. 1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small American fish ({Micropogon undulatus}), of the Atlantic coast. (a) An American fresh… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Croaker — Croaker, Pseudonym von Fitz Greene Halleck … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
croaker — [krōk′ər] n. 1. an animal that croaks 2. any of various drum fishes that make croaking or grunting sounds 3. a person who talks dismally or foretells evil 4. Slang a doctor … English World dictionary
croaker — Sciaenoid Sci*[ae] noid, a. [L. sci[ae]na a kind of fish (fr. Gr. ?) + oid.] (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Sci[ae]nid[ae]}, a family of carnivorous marine fishes which includes the meagre ({Sciaena umbra} or {Sciaena aquila}), and fish of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
croaker — Sciaenoid Sci*[ae] noid, a. [L. sci[ae]na a kind of fish (fr. Gr. ?) + oid.] (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to the {Sci[ae]nid[ae]}, a family of carnivorous marine fishes which includes the meagre ({Sciaena umbra} or {Sciaena aquila}), and fish of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
croaker — n. a doctor. □ I went to the croaker with my sore throat. □ The croaker said my tonsils have to come out … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
croaker — /kroh keuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that croaks. 2. any of several sciaenoid fishes that make a croaking noise, esp. Micropogonias undulatus (Atlantic croaker), found off the Atlantic coast of the southern U.S. 3. a person who grumbles or… … Universalium
croaker — noun a) One who croaks It is my advice, the speaker continued, that we go easier upon the small men. On the day that they have all been driven out the power of this society will have been broken. Unwelcome truths are not popular. There were angry … Wiktionary
