kluck

[ kluhk ]

/ klʌk /

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verb (used with or without object), noun

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby kluck

klong, kloof, klootchman, Klopstock, klösse, kluck, Kluckhohn, kludge, klutz, klutzy, Klüver-Bucy syndrome

Other definitions for kluck (2 of 2)

Kluck

[ klook ]

/ klʊk /

noun

A·le·xan·der von

[ah-le-ksahn-duhrfuhn], /ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dər fən/, 1846–1934, German general.

How to use kluck in a sentence

Probably von Kluck has navigated the schooner behind a breakwater.
Boy Scouts in the North Sea|G. Harvey Ralphson
I guess von Kluck is a pretty good sort of a chap, after all!
Boy Scouts in the North Sea|G. Harvey Ralphson
Also Captain von Kluck used that name when he referred to you.
Boy Scouts in the North Sea|G. Harvey Ralphson
In the maneuvers Von Kluck commanded the right wing precisely as he did in the actual invasion.
Over the Front in an Aeroplane and Scenes Inside the French and Flemish Trenches|Ralph Pulitzer

Yet at that time von Kluck's great "advance" had for some hours become a counter-march in hurried "retreat."
1914|John French, Viscount of Ypres