English Explanatory Dictionary

crake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.
verb
  1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.
verb
  1. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
noun
  1. A crack; a boast.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of crake.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɹeɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crake.wav

Word forms

crake crakes craking craked

Etymology

From Middle English crak, crake, from Old Norse kráka (“crow”), from Proto-Germanic *krak-, *kra- (“to croak, caw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-, itself onomatopoeic.

Derived words

African crake Andaman crake Ascension crake ash-throated crake Baillon's crake banded crake black crake brown crake Colombian crake corncrake corn crake corn-crake cracker crakeberry Laysan crake marsh crake ocellated crake paint-billed crake slaty-legged crake spotless crake (Zapornia tabuensis spotted crake uniform crake water crake craker
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