cluck
1to utter the cry of a hen brooding or calling her chicks.
to make a similar sound; express concern, approval, etc., by such a sound.
to call or utter by clucking.
the sound uttered by a hen when brooding, or in calling her chicks.
any clucking sound.
Origin of cluck
1Words Nearby cluck
Other definitions for cluck (2 of 2)
a dull-witted, stupid person; blockhead; dolt.
Origin of cluck
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How to use cluck in a sentence
With the pandemic raging, an encounter that days earlier might have ended in a friendly apology or a cluck of sympathy quickly turned ugly.
'I Want This Over.' For Victims and the Accused, Justice Is Delayed as COVID-19 Snarls Courts | Melissa Chan | February 22, 2021 | TimeSecondly, readers should not cluck their satisfaction so blithely over economic sanctions.
Les Gelb Puts Russia in Its Place—and Critics in Theirs | Leslie H. Gelb | April 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Moo cluck Moo empire consists of two small outlets with about two-dozen employees.
In September, Moo cluck Moo raised wages to the unthinkable level of $15 an hour.
By this time next year, Moo cluck Moo hopes to have about a half-dozen units in the Detroit area.
Moo cluck Moo, which has been in business for less than a year, has a single restaurant.
Radical Fast Food Joint Doubles Down on High Wages | Daniel Gross | September 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOut of the darkening sky rang the twanging call of a night-hawk, and the cluck of a dozing hen sounded from the foliage overhead.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydTen minutes afterwards we heard the newly wakened hens begin to cluck.
The Animal Story Book | VariousMother Bantam would cluck and run back and forth in the coop and call to them, she was so afraid something would happen.
Animals followed, and the Givers of life said "Speak our names," but the animals could only cluck and croak.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 | Andrew LangPretty soon he heard something going "cluck-cluck" in the bushes, and he knew that it was the mamma hen.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels | Howard R. Garis
British Dictionary definitions for cluck
/ (klʌk) /
the low clicking sound made by a hen or any similar sound
(intr) (of a hen) to make a clicking sound
(tr) to call or express (a feeling) by making a similar sound
Origin of cluck
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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