cluck

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[ kluhk ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to utter the cry of a hen brooding or calling her chicks.

  2. to make a similar sound; express concern, approval, etc., by such a sound.

verb (used with object)
  1. to call or utter by clucking.

noun
  1. the sound uttered by a hen when brooding, or in calling her chicks.

  2. any clucking sound.

Origin of cluck

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1475–85; variant of clock1 (now dial. and Scot), Middle English clokken,Old English cloccian to cluck; cognate with Dutch klokken

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Other definitions for cluck (2 of 2)

cluck2
[ kluhk ]

nounSlang.
  1. a dull-witted, stupid person; blockhead; dolt.

Origin of cluck

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1900–05, Americanism; special use of cluck1

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British Dictionary definitions for cluck

cluck

/ (klʌk) /


noun
  1. the low clicking sound made by a hen or any similar sound

verb
  1. (intr) (of a hen) to make a clicking sound

  2. (tr) to call or express (a feeling) by making a similar sound

Origin of cluck

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C17: of imitative origin

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