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An example use of croak in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… can hear my librarian Lee croak at the …”
Croak means to make a noise like a frog.
the word croak occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.