"croaking" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-croaking.wav Forms: croakings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} croaking (plural croakings)
  1. The sound of something that croaks.
    Sense id: en-croaking-en-noun-XrZQvh87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-croaking.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} croaking
  1. present participle and gerund of croak Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: croak
    Sense id: en-croaking-en-verb-D0WEd7Zj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Inflected forms

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