·noun A boast. ·see Crack, ·noun.
II. Crake ·vt & ·vi To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
III. Crake ·vt & ·vi To Boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
IV. Crake ·noun Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana;
— so called from its singular cry. ·see Corncrake.