crake

== English == === Alternative forms === Crake === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɹeɪk/ Rhymes: -eɪk === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== crake (plural crakes) Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== crake (third-person singular simple present crakes, present participle craking, simple past and past participle craked) To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English craken, from Old English cracian, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kroakje, West Frisian kreakje, Dutch kraken, Low German kraken, French craquer (< Germanic), German krachen. ==== Verb ==== crake (third-person singular simple present crakes, present participle craking, simple past and past participle craked) (obsolete) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Noun ==== crake (plural crakes) (obsolete) A crack; a boast. === Anagrams === Acker, Kacer, acker, creak == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English crẹ̄ke (“creek”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kreːk/ === Noun === crake neck (a stretch of water) === References === Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 156