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cluck
/klʌk/
noun 4verb 4name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
dumb, kind, other, together
VERB + CLUCK
don't, go, made
CLUCK + NOUN
chicken, chickens
PREP.
from, from
ADV.
apart
Definitions
noun
1
The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
2
Any sound similar to this.
3
A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.
4
A setting hen.
verb
1
To make low clicking sounds (refers to hens).
"I came across him once," he continued, "when he was playing down on the main road to Skaug; there he sat in the middle of the road with a lot of hens around him, I counted seven, and there were more round about in the wood, for I heard them clucking and calling behind every bush."
2
To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound.
My mother clucked her tongue in disapproval.
3
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
When she, poor hen, fond of no second brood, Has clucked thee to the wars and safely home.
4
To suffer withdrawal from heroin.
name
1
A surname.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
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"I came across him once," he continued, "when he was playing down on the main road to Skaug; there he sat in the middle of the road with a lot of hens around him, I counted seven, and there were more
Wiktionary02
My mother clucked her tongue in disapproval.
Wiktionary03
When she, poor hen, fond of no second brood, Has clucked thee to the wars and safely home.
Wiktionary04
It's now the season when cheetahs like to chase after herds of deer and when wild turkeys gather into rafters and go cluck together.
Tatoeba · #193380005
What kind of dumb cluck do you think Tom is?
Tatoeba · #389788706
The hypnotist made Mary cluck like a chicken.
Tatoeba · #8020457Usage Notes
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