What is the meaning of Crake?

  • (n.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
  • (v.t.&i.) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
  • (v.t.&i.) To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
  • (n.) A boast. See Crack, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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