1. crake - Noun
2. crake - Verb
To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
A boast. See Crack, n.
Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe record time is 9 minutes and 33 seconds, achieved by Australian professional cyclist Paul Crake in 2003, citation citation at a climbing rate of convert per hour. Source: Internet
One of the themes in Margaret Atwood’s recent dytopian novel "Oryx and Crake" has to do with the genetic manipulation of species in a misguided attempt to develop commerical "products" from them… pigoons, wolvogs, bobkittens, rakunks, snats… scary! Source: Internet