crake

See also: Crake

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹeɪk/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kráka (“crow”), itself onomatopoeic.

Noun

crake (plural crakes)

  1. Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
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Verb

crake (third-person singular simple present crakes, present participle craking, simple past and past participle craked)

  1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.

Etymology 2

See crack

Noun

crake (plural crakes)

  1. (obsolete) A crack; a boast.

Verb

crake (third-person singular simple present crakes, present participle craking, simple past and past participle craked)

  1. (obsolete) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
    • The Mirror for Magistrates
      Each man may crake of that which was his own.

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