cluck Definition
cluck (kluk)
intransitive verb
to make a low, sharp, clicking sound, as of a hen calling her chickens or brooding
Etymology: ME clokken < OE cloccian: orig. echoic
transitive verb
to utter with such a sound to cluck one's disapproval
noun
- the sound of clucking
- ☆ Slang a dull, stupid person; dolt
cluck Synonyms
cluck Usage Examples
Object
- chicken: Experiments are ongoing, and Hemlock Cottage is therefore alive with the sound of clucking chickens.
- sound: During the latter part of the winter, you may be lucky enough to hear their song, which comprises squeaky, clucking sounds.
- noise: A women with an aged ballerina's face peered at him making a clucking noise.
- hen: At the egg section, another button sets off a chorus of clucking hens.
Preposition: like
- chicken: Normally reserved, sensible adults are suddenly walking around the stage clucking like chickens or singing at the top of their lungs.
- hen: Nanny might cluck like a hen, but she was kindly and one hundred per cent loyal to the entire family.
Modifying Another Word
- still: Hi G glad to see you are still clucking around!
- then: Grams: Siren, then bagpipes, then explosion, then clucking chicken Crun: Answer that phone!
- n't: I do n't cluck my tongue because, frankly, the " 12 " rating does have problems.
Adjective modifier
fast: Once the geese get close you can begin using the landing call the " fast cluck " as I call it.
Noun used with modifier
chicken: The cows moo, the sheep baa and the chickens cluck [ This review seems to have suddenly turned into a primary school song!
Browse dictionary entries near cluck
- ‹ clubwoman
- ‹ clubroom
- ‹ clubman
- ‹ clubhouse
- ‹ clubhaul
- ‹ clubhand
- ‹ clubfoot
- ‹ clubby
- ‹ clubbable
- ‹ club steak
- clue ›
- clue in ›
- clueless ›
- Cluj-Napoca ›
- clumber ›
- clumber (spaniel) ›
- clump ›
- clumpy ›
- clumsily ›
- clumsiness ›

