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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cluck       (klŭk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The characteristic sound made by a hen when brooding or calling its chicks.
    2. A sound similar to this.
  2. Informal A stupid or foolish person.

v.   clucked, cluck·ing, clucks

v.   intr.
  1. To utter the characteristic sound of a hen.
  2. To make a sound similar to that of a hen, as in coaxing a horse.

v.   tr.
  1. To call by making the characteristic sound of a hen or a similar sound.
  2. To express by clucking: He clucked disapproval.


[Middle English clokken, from Old English cloccian.]

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clucking

noun
the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) [syn: cluck] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Clucking

Cluck"ing\, n. The noise or call of a brooding hen.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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