cluck
1[kluhk]
verb (used without object)
to utter the cry of a hen brooding or calling her chicks.
to make a similar sound; express concern, approval, etc., by such a sound.
verb (used with object)
to call or utter by clucking.
noun
the sound uttered by a hen when brooding, or in calling her chicks.
any clucking sound.
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Origin of cluck
11475–85; variant of clock1 (now dial. and Scot), Middle English clokken, Old English cloccian to cluck; cognate with Dutch klokken
cluck
2[kluhk]
noun Slang.
Origin of cluck
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Examples from the Web for cluck
Contemporary Examples of cluck
Secondly, readers should not cluck their satisfaction so blithely over economic sanctions.
It used to be cute, and adults would shake their heads and cluck their tongues.
Historical Examples of cluck
Whenever they get hungry, the mamma hen will come to the door of the house and cluck.
While feeding it utters a low-sounding cluck, cluck, at short intervals.
The Western WorldW.H.G. Kingston
I know all the birds say when they twitter and chirp, caw and coo, gobble and cluck.
Europa's Fairy BookJoseph Jacobs
She can cluck, cluck them close up to her, and often she catches them.
HoodieMary Louisa Stewart Molesworth
There they sit for a short time, when their leader gives a loud “cluck.”
With Axe and RifleW.H.G. Kingston
cluck
noun
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Word Origin for cluck
C17: of imitative origin
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