cluck
verb (used without object)
to utter the cry of a hen brooding or calling her chicks.
was clucking
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past progressiveof cluck.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The maester was clucking like an old hen.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
"What strange things girls are—and boys!" said Kate with a matronly sigh, burying her face in a nest where a hen was clucking and two downy chicks were peeping from her wing.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine
Under the floor a hen with a brood of chickens was clucking uneasily and flapping her wings in the effort to keep her brood warm.
From Ann Boyd by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben
At the gateway, just as the doctor was clucking briskly to his horse, Felicia put out her hand and stopped him.
From Little Miss By-The-Day by Lucille Van Slyke
The little ducks were swimming in the water, and the hen mother was clucking along shore.
From Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus by Laura Lee Hope
