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as in physicians
slang
a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
ever more ornery as he grew older, he swore that he didn't need some croaker telling him that smoking was bad for his health
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as in crabs
an irritable and complaining person
she becomes a real croaker when she's overtired
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Recent Examples of croakers
The other key differences between the new species and other croakers lie within the body.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for croakers
Noun
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Hite was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and was getting a second opinion from physicians there.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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Black patients have better outcomes when treated by Black physicians.—
Kenji Yoshino,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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While pharmaceutical companies traditionally return the crabs to the water after extracting a portion of their blood for LAL tests, mortality rates after bleeding can exceed 15–30% in some estimates.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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On top of this lobster heist that’s grabbing headlines, a load of crabs being shipped from a cold storage facility in Massachusetts also went missing on December 2, The Boston Globe reported.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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When Glassman asked him if the burns were third-degree or second-degree, Rudd feigned being unable to recall what doctors had told him.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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There, doctors performed a corneal scraping.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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If family needs cause drama, set kind boundaries and explain them to any complainers.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2026
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The faculty experience has been that administrations often side with the complainers.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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China’s decision not to renew the leases of those four bears was potentially related to Taiwan as well, one international relations expert told CNN earlier, coming after Shirahama elected a mayor with a pro-Taiwan stance.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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The bears are sick of hearing about the long-term fundamentals.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Croakers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/croakers. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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