Cluck

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cluck \Cluck\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clucked}; p pr. & vb. n.
     {Clucking}.] [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken,
     glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative
     origin.]
     To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.
     --Ray.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cluck \Cluck\, v. t.
     To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her
     chickens.
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           She, poor hen, fond of no second brood,
           Has clucked three to the wars.           --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cluck \Cluck\, n.
     1. The call of a hen to her chickens.
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     2. A click. See 3d {Click}, 2.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cluck
       n : the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
       v : make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: {click},
            {clack}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  43 Moby Thesaurus words for "cluck":
     cackle, call, carol, caw, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr,
     chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cock-a-doodle-doo, coo, croak,
     cronk, crow, cuckoo, dimwit, drum, dumb, gabble, gaggle, gobble,
     guggle, honk, hoo, hoot, peep, pip, pipe, quack, roll, scold, sing,
     squawk, trill, tweet, twit, twitter, warble, whistle