Citations:gronk

Noun: "the cry of a raven"

 * 2002, William Deverell, Trial of Passion, unnumbered page:
 * Quiet days: the little frogs have croaked and croak no more, and the bedlam of songbirds has abated, though the air is rent occasionally by the loud gronks of ravens or the piercing shriek of a pileated woodpecker swooping through a clearing in the forest, a flash of punk-red hair.
 * 2006, Terrence Rundle West, Run of the Town, page 153:
 * Silence rang in my ears, punctuated by the occasional gronk of the ravens, as they flitted about in the spruce trees.
 * 2010, Diane Lee Wilson, Raven Speak, page 6:
 * Her call elicited an annoyed gronk above her head, and she looked up to see a raven lifting off the cliff face.
 * 2013, Harry Guyer Jr., Ghost Brother: Outdoor Tales of the Supernatural, page 41:
 * Crows added harsh caws to the symphony, and a raven contributed a baritone gronk.
 * 2017, Jim Minick, Fire Is Your Water, unnumbered page:
 * Woody tilted back his head and let out a loud gronk. “That's how ravens say 'I love you.'”
 * 2021, Arif Anwar, The Storm, page 55:
 * Seemingly bemused, the raven lets out a mocking gronk as it flies away, a single feather spiraling down in its wake.
 * 2021, David Reed, Raven Queen, Rise, unnumbered page:
 * My raven launched himself into the dark above with a gronk of amusement.
 * 2022, Michael La Ron, Dead Rat Walking, unnumbered page:
 * Gronk. Gronk.
 * The raven landed on a nearby bike loop, revealing a stronger tinge of blue in its wings.

Verb: "to make a gronking sound"

 * 1995, Evan Maxwell, All the Winters That Have Been, page 48:
 * The raven gronked unhappily, as though disappointed in her greedy little sister.
 * 2001, G. Stewart Nash, The Last Three Hundred Miles, page 96:
 * A raven gronked along the timber-covered ridge line, and a cool breeze swept down from the snow-covered peaks.
 * 2007, Kage Baker, The Graveyard Game, page 34:
 * Juan Bautista handed the raven off to a perch—it gronked and protested—and took a seat on his couch.
 * 2009, Lil Anderson, Pond Memories: More Tales from a Wildlife Rehabilitator, page 39:
 * My problem solved itself as a low-flying raven gronked a greeting as it passed over my yard, alarming the little fox.
 * 2010, Diane Lee Wilson, Raven Speak, page 6:
 * While Rune nibbled at the gluey remains of something washed onto the shore, Asa followed the raven's flight. It circled overhead at first, eyeing her warily and gronking intermittently, then tipped its wings and flapped away.
 * 2013, Lynda Mapes, Elwha: A River Reborn, unnumbered page:
 * A raven gronked deep in the forest, and the Elwha threw reflections of sunlight on the rocks as McMillan stood on a gravel bar, flicking a dry fly onto the river's surface.
 * 2017, Robert Michael Pyle, Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide, unnumbered page:
 * The rush of water behind me, the soft drip from the trees, ravens gronking far off—these were the only sounds I heard.
 * 2021, David Reed, Raven Queen, Arise, unnumbered page:
 * The raven gronked.
 * 2022, Michael La Ron, Dad Rat Walking, unnumbered page:
 * Cyrus backed away and the ravens extended their wings, gronking in unison, the cords in their throats flexing.