Crake

Quick meaning: Crake is a noun meaning Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.

Meaning

Any of several birds of the family Rallidae that have short bills.

More Meanings

1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.
2. (obsolete) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
3. (obsolete) A crack; a boast.

Example Sentences

Each man may crake of that which was his own.

With him I threatned to be quite, and great things did I crake.

I hyred the to fyght agaynste Alexander, and not to crake and prate.

'How very disagreeable!' said Annie; 'perhaps the birds took it in turn to crake.'

Word Forms

• crakes
• craking
• craked

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rail, craik, cracticid, crankbird, corn crake, curassow.

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