cluck
verb (used without object)
to utter the cry of a hen brooding or calling her chicks.
clucking
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present participleof cluck.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It’s as though we, the attendees of prestige cinema, are peering down on our social inferiors, clucking condescendingly while we credit ourselves with advanced empathy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
"He didn't let US government clucking and handwringing stop him," says Robert Carlin.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
This term means that the hens are not kept in cages, but it doesn’t mean they’re clucking around in the fresh air and sunshine.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
Towns in France and Belgium, for example, give out chickens to serve as walking, clucking garbage disposals.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2023
Then—poof!— he vanished, and the barn was quiet except for the clucking chickens below.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
