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crakes

noun

plural of crake
as in cheeps

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crakes
  1. bays
  2. clucks
  3. quacks
  4. barks
  5. cackles
  6. peeps
  7. grunts
  8. squalls
Noun
  • Long Beach’s city health officer on Sunday issued an advisory warning people not to swim at any of the city's beaches or bays for at least three days.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the historic route connected waterfront communities that were once separated by rivers, bays, and marshes, creating a new way for travelers to experience the region’s seafood, architecture, and maritime traditions.
    — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of bays
Noun
  • With a few hoots and hollers, and even a couple clucks, the group took off on their ascent to the Betty Bear Hut.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 30 July 2026
  • Hens make a combination of clucks and yelps when calling to a gobbler.
    — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of clucks
Noun
  • Scientists who disagreed with him, even those from Harvard and Oxford universities, were considered quacks.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
  • But let’s circle back to TV‘s patron saint of affable, oft–insidious quacks.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of quacks
Noun
  • There is a chorus of 14, singing sheep and a pair of dogs (hilariously portrayed by Catriona Hewitson and Edward Jowle), whose barks become words that Theresa understands as she becomes strung out.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Incense usually comes in either cone or stick form and is composed of fragrant material — usually resins, seeds, barks and flowers — that’s bound together using a combustible material.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
Definition of barks
Noun
  • The doc is similarly unflinching in showing the horrific scene from 1900 in which Donald Sutherland’s sadistic fascist murders a young boy in a shockingly callous way, while Laura Betti as his equal in cruelty dissolves into blood-curdling cackles.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Her performance presents as camp, but her dynamic range of loud cackles and quiet glances is fabulous.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of cackles
Noun
  • Congrats to the peeps that represent!
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • The unit is thick enough to be visible under the wearer’s T-shirt, say, and an air vent peeps out of the clothing.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Definition of peeps
Noun
  • Ranging from the sound of emergency sirens and birds screeching to low grunts and guttural hoots, their vocalizations reverberate from a sanctuary in the hot, dry hills of the Santa Clarita Valley, north of Los Angeles.
    — Jaimie Ding, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • As Yerman called for help from the grunts and worked on getting medical evacuation helicopters inbound, Capers ordered Crepeau to call in mortars dangerously close to the Marines’ position—a risky gamble that silenced the enemy guns.
    — Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of grunts
Noun
  • Whatever the squalls raging about, those few small blocks structured and shaped the daily lives of Venice’s Jewish population.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Both schooners sank around the time of strong squalls, though the exact cause of the sinkings has not been fully determined.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of squalls
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