Get to know Croaker better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning.
Croaker meaning
- Someone who or something that makes a croaking sound.
- A vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer.
- A frog.
Synonyms of Croaker
Using Croaker
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone who or something that makes a croaking sound. | A vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer. | A frog.
- Useful related words include: saltwater fish, sciaenid fish, sciaenid.
- In the example corpus, croaker often appears in combinations such as: croaker and, of croaker.
Context around Croaker
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Croaker
- In this selection, "croaker" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, spot, goo and racks stand out and add context to how "croaker" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include caught spot croaker and short and croaker then said. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "croaker" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with croaker
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He is a born leader," Ms Croaker said. (8 words)
Croaker then said he laid down on the floor and called 911. (12 words)
Examples are garfish, black drum also called gaspergou or just "goo", croaker, and bream. (14 words)
A disadvantage to the croaking ability is that it allows Bottlenose dolphin to easily locate large groups of croaker and drum as they broadcast their position, indicating large amounts of food for the dolphins. (34 words)
From Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle on the pier at Cape Henlopen State Park we learned that a good number of anglers fished the pier and caught spot, croaker and short flounder. (32 words)
Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle said a few keeper flounder along with some croaker and spot were caught from the pier on Cape Henlopen State Park. (26 words)
Example sentences (8)
He is a born leader," Ms Croaker said.
Croaker then said he laid down on the floor and called 911.
I also noticed a bucket full of croaker racks from a successful trip on the Pirate King.
From Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle on the pier at Cape Henlopen State Park we learned that a good number of anglers fished the pier and caught spot, croaker and short flounder.
Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle said a few keeper flounder along with some croaker and spot were caught from the pier on Cape Henlopen State Park.
A disadvantage to the croaking ability is that it allows Bottlenose dolphin to easily locate large groups of croaker and drum as they broadcast their position, indicating large amounts of food for the dolphins.
Examples are garfish, black drum also called gaspergou or just "goo", croaker, and bream.
These sonic muscle fibers are contracted against the swim bladder to produce the croaking sound that gives drum and croaker their common name.
Common combinations with croaker
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- croaker and 4×
- of croaker 2×