cluck
verb (used without object)
to utter the cry of a hen brooding or calling her chicks.
have clucked
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present perfectof cluck.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They have clucked their way into local lore and culture and are both beloved and reviled by Kauai's human occupants.
From Nature ● Jan. 19, 2016
Though some TV critics have clucked over her dearth of experience, Pauley has demonstrated precocious poise in her Today interviews and ad libs.
From Time Magazine Archive
She must have clucked, I think, for the young suddenly disappeared, and she came swimming rapidly back over the way they had come, looking, looking everywhere.
From Ways of Wood Folk by Charles Copeland
The hen who laid the golden egg—for it could be none other than she who worked the miracle at Mory's—must have clucked like a braggart when the smoking dish came in.
From Chimney-Pot Papers by Fritz August Gottfried Endell
