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Webster 1913 Edition
Croaker
Croak′er
(-?r)
, Noun.
1.
One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
A small American fish (
Micropogon undulatus
), of the Atlantic coast. (a)
An American fresh-water fish (
Aplodinotus grunniens
); – called also drum
. (c)
The surf fish of California.
Webster 1828 Edition
Croaker
CROAKER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
croaker
croaker
English
Noun
croaker (plural croakers)
- One who croaks.
- A vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer.
- 1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
- "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 cries as the speaker resumed his seat. McGinty rose with gloom upon his brow. "Brother Morris," said he, "you were always a croaker..."
- A frog.
- A fish in the family Sciaenidae, known for the throbbing sounds they make.
- (slang) A doctor.
- Around 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito
- "Lungs," said McGuire comprehensively. "I got it. The croaker says I'll come to time for six months longer—maybe a year if I hold my gait.
- Around 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito
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