cleck
1/ (klɛk) /
verb(tr) Scot
(of birds) to hatch
to lay or hatch (a plot or scheme)
Origin of cleck
1C15: from Old Norse klekja
Words Nearby cleck
British Dictionary definitions for cleck (2 of 2)
cleck2
/ (klɛk) South Wales dialect /
verb
(intr often foll by on) to gossip (about); tell (on)
noun
(often plural) a piece of gossip
Origin of cleck
2from Welsh, from clecan to gossip, and clec gossip
Derived forms of cleck
- clecky, adjective
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How to use cleck in a sentence
The prelate is both the egg and the nest to cleck and bring forth Popery.
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