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cluck

UK/klʊk/ US/klʌk/ uncommon uk
verb (1) noun (1)

verb

1.

make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens

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noun

1.

the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)

Origin

From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkwōn, from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (“to make a sound, cluck”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Scots clok, clock (“to cluck”), Dutch klokken (“to cluck”), Low German klucken (“to cluck”), German glucken (“to cluck”), Danish klukke (“to cluck”), Swedish klucka (“to cluck”), Icelandic klökkva (“to sob, whine, cluck”).

Phrases

  • cluck one's tongue
  • dumb cluck

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