croaker

Các nghĩa

1. người/vật kêu ộp ộp

   Someone who or something that makes a croaking sound.

2. cá đù

   Any of certain fish in the family Sciaenidae, known for the throbbing sounds they make.

3. ếch

   A frog.

   informal

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

4. bác sĩ

   A doctor.

   slang

   "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.[…]"

   He located a doctor in Brooklyn who was a writing fool. This croaker would go three scripts a day for as high as thirty tablets a script.

5. người sắp chết

   One who will soon die; a goner.

   slang

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

Dạng khác

• croakers plural