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cluck
(klŭk)n.
1.
a. The characteristic sound made by a hen when brooding or calling its chicks.
b. A sound similar to this.
2. Informal A stupid or foolish person.
v. clucked, cluck·ing, clucks
v.intr.
1. To utter the characteristic sound of a hen.
2. To make a sound similar to that of a hen, as in coaxing a horse.
v.tr.
1. To call by making the characteristic sound of a hen or a similar sound.
2. To express by clucking: He clucked disapproval.
[Middle English clokken, from Old English cloccian.]
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cluck
(klʌk)n
the low clicking sound made by a hen or any similar sound
vb
1. (Zoology) (intr) (of a hen) to make a clicking sound
2. (tr) to call or express (a feeling) by making a similar sound
[C17: of imitative origin]
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cluck1
(klʌk)v.i.
1. to utter the cry of a hen brooding or calling her chicks.
2. to make a similar sound, esp. one expressing concern, approval, etc.
v.t. 3. to call by clucking.
4. to express by clucking.
n. 5. the sound uttered by a hen when brooding, or in calling her chicks.
6. any clucking sound.
[1475–85; variant of clock (now dial. and Scots), Middle English clokken, Old English cloccian to cluck]
cluck2
(klʌk)n. Slang.
[1915–20, Amer.; of uncertain orig.]
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cluck
Past participle: clucked
Gerund: clucking
| Imperative |
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| cluck |
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| Noun | 1. |  cluck - the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night" |
| Verb | 1. | cluck - make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens |
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Translations
تَقْرَقُ الدَّجاجَهقَرْقُ الدَّجاج
kvokáníkvokat
klukkeklukken
kotkottaakotkotusmaiskautus
kotyogkotyogás
gagggagga
kvaksėjimaskvaksėti
kladzināšanakladzināt
klukkklukk-klukk
gdakać
kvokať
gıdaklamagıdaklamak
cluck
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cluck
(klak) noun (a sound like) the call of a hen.
verb to make such a sound.
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