v. t. & i. | 1. | To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake. |
2. | To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. | |
n. | 1. | A boast. See Crack, |
1. | (Zool.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; - so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake. |
Noun | 1. | crake - any of several short-billed Old World rails |