cluck
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verb (used without object)
1.
to utter the cry of a hen brooding or calling her chicks.
2.
to make a similar sound; express concern, approval, etc., by such a sound.
verb (used with object)
3.
to call or utter by clucking.
noun
4.
the sound uttered by a hen when brooding, or in calling her chicks.
5.
any clucking sound.
Origin:
1475–85; variant of clock (now dial. and Scot), Middle English clokken, Old English cloccian to cluck; cognate with Dutch klokken
1475–85; variant of clock (now dial. and Scot), Middle English clokken, Old English cloccian to cluck; cognate with Dutch klokken
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noun Slang.
a dull-witted, stupid person; blockhead; dolt.
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cluck (klʌk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the low clicking sound made by a hen or any similar sound |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (intr) (of a hen) to make a clicking sound |
| 3. | (tr) to call or express (a feeling) by making a similar sound |
| [C17: of imitative origin] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
cluck
O.E. cloccian originally echoic. Cf. Turkish culuk, one of the words for "turkey."
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Slang Dictionary
cluck definition[klək]and kluck
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
The plain cluck, many times, includes two or three single note clucks.
Each practice run produces the hum, then the cluck of wood, softened by the foam.
Hens cluck loudly after laying an egg, and also to call their chicks.
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