croaker

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Someone who or something that makes a croaking sound.
2. isim Any of certain fish in the family Sciaenidae, known for the throbbing sounds they make.
3. isim A frog.

   “Frogs are also sensitive to vibrations through the ground, a footfall usually being sufficient to instil silence in a pond full of croakers.”

4. isim A doctor.

   “"Lungs," said McGuire comprehensively. "I got it. The croaker says I'll come to time for four months longer—maybe six if I hold my gait.[…]"”

5. isim One who will soon die; a goner.

   “Mrs. Burke had […] bought a bottle […] to comfort him in his dying struggles (she was sure he must be a 'croaker').”

6. isim A vocal pessimist, grumbler, or doomsayer.

   “There are croakers in every country, always boding its ruin.”