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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