CLUCKED

Verb

clucked

simple past tense and past participle of cluck

Source: Wiktionary


CLUCK

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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