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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

cluck Synonyms

cluck

v.

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!

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