croaker

[ kroh-ker ]

noun

1. a person or thing that croaks.
2. any of several sciaenoid fishes that make a croaking noise, especially Micropogonias undulatus Atlantic croaker, found off the Atlantic coast of the southern United States.
3. a person who grumbles or forebodes evil.
4. Slang. doctor.

croaker

/ ˈkrəʊkə /

noun

1. an animal, bird, etc, that croaks
2. any of various mainly tropical marine sciaenid fishes, such as Umbrina roncador ( yellowfin croaker ), that utter croaking noises
3. a grumbling person

Word History and Origins

Origin of croaker¹

First recorded in 1630–40; croak + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The yellow croaker fish maw in the soup chef Eddy Leung had prepared for us on Tuesday tasted similar.

From Time

Frogs within the region are darker than those outside it, which may indicate the croakers are developing defenses against radiation.

From Popular-Science

The easiest way to convince a croaker to write a “script” for morphine is to fake gallstones or kidney stones.

From The Daily Beast

Bob Croaker was still at the school, and was, from prudential motives, a fast friend of Martin.

From Project Gutenberg

Bob Croaker was a noted fighter, Martin Rattler was, up to this date, an untried hero.

From Project Gutenberg

The word courbina is Italian and means croaker, from the Latin, corvus, crow.

From Project Gutenberg

What the world gets sick of is the croaker, who never ceases talking about his ailments.

From Project Gutenberg

For my own part, I'm not such a croaker, and I've known many a creaking door hanging a precious long time on its hinges.

From Project Gutenberg

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