Historical Examples. 1  There stands a gibbet by the road, on which a parricide was hanged in chains. 2  God aids no child to parricideâand thou art England's child! 3  With all your abominations you are yet a saint in comparison with a parricide. 4  Should the assassin come, it will not be with the blow of a parricide. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby Absolution to any parricide, matricide, or fratricide, for three ducats.
(intransitive) To make a croak. (transitive) To utter in a low, hoarse voice. Shakespeare The raven himself is hoarse, / That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. (intransitive, of a frog, toad, raven, or various other birds or animals) To make its cry. (slang) To die. (transitive, slang) To kill someone or something. He'd seen my face, so I had to croak him. G. K. Chesterton If Wilton croaked the criminal he did a jolly good day's work, and there's an end of it. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.
Crutch words: are the unnecessary words that we use to fill the dead spaces while speaking, or if weâre unsure of how to begin. Since most of us donât speak in front of a crowd on a daily basis, crutch words can be hard to catch! Here are some short common crutch words: