crakes

noun

plural of crake
as in cheeps

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  1. bays
  2. clucks
  3. quacks
  4. barks
  5. cackles
  6. peeps
  7. grunts
  8. squalls
Noun
  • The most direct routes to San Francisco and the East and South bays do not involve utilizing Highway 37.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The irony of Nordic wellness being the hottest lifestyle trend at the moment isn’t lost on Presnal, who grew up in the Turku archipelago surrounded by bays and lush forests.
    — Lola Akinmade, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 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
  • On his way out, Council obliged Stokes’ request and let out a few barks of his own.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In the other, barking fell from 317 barks per hour to 53, an 83% reduction.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of barks
Noun
  • Janney also compiles plenty of cackles as Polly’s newly sober sister, Silda.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of cackles
Noun
  • These tiny, fluffy shorebirds—from a bird family known as peeps—touch down here on their way from South and Central America to the Arctic.
    — Alexandra Marvar, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The reality is that the tech is here to stay and the peeps in charge clearly want to be realistic about its benefits… Creatives may take a little while to join them.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of peeps
Noun
  • The moose kicks and grunts at first, then settles, allowing the deputy to keep working.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of grunts
Noun
  • Its squalls are as big as those of shoegaze, but you could never get lost in them.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of squalls
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