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cluck1

–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; var. of clock (now dial. and Scot), ME clokken, OE cloccian to cluck; c. D klokken

]

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–noun Slang.

a dull-witted, stupid person; blockhead; dolt.

[Origin: 1900–05, Americanism; special use of cluck¹

]

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cluck Audio Help (klŭk) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The characteristic sound made by a hen when brooding or calling its chicks.
2. A sound similar to this.
Informal A stupid or foolish person.

v. clucked, cluck·ing, clucks

v. intr.

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

v. tr.

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

[Middle English clokken, from Old English cloccian.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cluck

O.E. cloccian originally echoic. Cf. Turkish culuk, one of the words for "turkey."

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cluck
noun
1.	the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
verb
1.	make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens

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cluck [klak] noun

(a sound like) the call of a hen

Arabic:	قَرْقُ الدَّجاج
Chinese (Simplified):	咯咯声
Chinese (Traditional):	咯咯聲
Czech:	kvokání
Danish:	klukken
Dutch:	geklok
Estonian:	loksumine
Finnish:	kaakatus
French:	gloussement
German:	das Glucken
Greek:	κακάρισμα
Hungarian:	kotyogás
Icelandic:	gagg
Indonesian:	kotek
Italian:	il chiocciare*

Japanese:	めんどりの鳴き声
Korean:	암탉의 꼬꼬 우는 소리
Latvian:	kladzināšana
Lithuanian:	kvaksėjimas
Norwegian:	klukk
Polish:	gdakanie
Portuguese (Brazil):	cacarejo
Portuguese (Portugal):	cacarejo
Romanian:	cotcodăcit
Russian:	кудахтанье
Slovak:	kvokanie
Slovenian:	kokodakanje
Spanish:	cloqueo
Swedish:	skrockande, kluckande
Turkish:	gıdaklama

cluck [klak] verb

to make such a sound

Arabic:	تَقْرَقُ الدَّجاجَه
Chinese (Simplified):	咯咯地叫唤
Chinese (Traditional):	咯咯地叫喚
Czech:	kvokat
Danish:	klukke
Dutch:	klokken
Estonian:	loksuma
Finnish:	kaakattaa
French:	glousser
German:	glucken
Greek:	κακαρίζω
Hungarian:	kotyog
Icelandic:	gagga
Indonesian:	berkotek
Italian:	chiocciare

Japanese:	コッコッと鳴く声
Korean:	(암탉이) 꼬꼬하고 울다
Latvian:	kladzināt
Lithuanian:	kvaksėti
Norwegian:	klukke
Polish:	gdakać
Portuguese (Brazil):	cacarejar
Portuguese (Portugal):	cacarejar
Romanian:	a cotcodăci
Russian:	кудахтать
Slovak:	kvokať
Slovenian:	kokodakati
Spanish:	cloquear
Swedish:	skrocka, klucka
Turkish:	gıdaklamak

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Cluck

Clock\, v. t. & i. To call, as a hen. See Cluck. [R.]

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Cluck

Cluck\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clucked; p pr. & vb. n. Clucking.] [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken, glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative origin.] To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. --Ray.

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