1. Verb
To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
2. Verb
To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
3. Noun
A boast. See Crack, n.
4. Noun
Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
5. Noun
any of several short-billed Old World rails
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