Crake

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɹeɪk/

Alternative forms

• Crake

Noun

1. Any of several birds, of the family Rallidae, that have short bills.
2. (obsolete) A crack; a boast.

Derived terms

• Baillon's crake
• brown crake
• Colombian crake
• corncrake
• water crake

Full definition of crake

Verb

1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like a crake.
2. (obsolete) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
• The Mirror for MagistratesEach man may crake of that which was his own.

Anagrams

• acker
• creak