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Definition of Cluck
1. Verb. Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens.
Generic synonyms: Emit, Let Loose, Let Out, Utter
Derivative terms: Clack
2. Noun. The sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks).
Definition of Cluck
1. v. i. To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.
2. v. t. To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
3. n. The call of a hen to her chickens.
Definition of Cluck
1. Noun. The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks. ¹
2. Noun. Any sound similar to this. ¹
3. Noun. A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse. ¹
4. Verb. To make such a sound. ¹
5. Verb. (British drug slang) to suffer withdrawal from heroin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cluck
1. to make the sound of a hen [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cluck
Literary usage of Cluck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1871)
"cluck, cluck, cluck! Every day I lay an egg. cluck, cluck, cluck ! ... cluck,
cluck, cluck ! " This was the song of the hen. Poor old fowl ! ..."
2. The Gospel in All Lands by Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church (1902)
"cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, Cock-a-doodle doo! RECITER. ... cluck, cluck, cluck,
cluck! Another egg is laid! cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck! ..."
3. Ordered to China: Letters of Wilbur J. Chamberlin Written from China While by Wilbur J Chamberlin (1903)
"They worked as fast as, or faster than, the men, and their song was simply "
cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck. ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"... a brood чт cluck-hen, by met. squatting or ... cucco (in nursery language, an
egg ; coccolare, to cluck ..."
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