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CLUCK
cluck, clucking
(noun) the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
cluck, click, clack
(verb) make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cluck (plural clucks)
The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
Any sound similar to this.
A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.
Verb
cluck (third-person singular simple present clucks, present participle clucking, simple past and past participle clucked)
(intransitive) To make such a sound.
(transitive) To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound.
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
(British, drug slang) to suffer withdrawal from heroin.
Proper noun
Cluck (plural Clucks)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cluck is the 16534th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1737 individuals. Cluck is most common among White (92.8%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Cluck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clucked; p pr. & vb. n. Clucking.] Etym: [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken, glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative origin.]
Definition: To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. Ray.
Cluck, v. t.
Definition: To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens. She, poor hen, fond of no second brood, Has clucked three to the wars. Shak.
Cluck, n.
1. The call of a hen to her chickens.
2. A click. See 3d Click, 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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