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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

  1. the sound of clucking
  2. ☆ Slang a dull, stupid person; dolt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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