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Congress, instead, is clucking about a memorandum written in May by two senior Pentagon officials for Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.

From US News • Sep. 7, 2016

A flamingo sounds as if she is clucking by emphasizing the “K” sound when she sings.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2013

While the whole town is clucking, Ferris discovers that Mary, in her own way, is as much of an emotional bankrupt as Enid.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yes; an old hen is clucking with motherly satisfaction over two long-legged chickens that are racing for a fat green caterpillar.

From Nearly Bedtime Five Short Stories for the Little Ones by Wilson, H. Mary