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UK
/klˈʌk/
]
[ US /ˈkɫək/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫək/ ]
VERB
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
NOUN
- the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
How To Use cluck In A Sentence
- So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room. Moderately Shocked
- She lay back in her bed, her companion clucking around like a motherly hen.
- He worried over her like a mother hen clucking over her chicks.
- Sound on 18 Doughty Street is mainly some sentences by one person and then cluck chunter chunter squak cluck cluk "so I think..." chunter, "But not withstanding" chunter,chunter. Steve Norris: 'Let's Get Out of the EU'
- A number of our friends lined up for cuddles with the wee darling, and several photos of people who we had not hitherto suspected of being clucky fussing Rebecca now exist.
- Chickens clucked about, scratching up dust into tiny dust devils with their claws.
- He said he eats ‘anything that used to moo, cluck or oink - as long as it's cooked.’
- Farmers usually keep farm animals to supplement their income, but a visitor to this farm will not hear clucks or moos.
- So as often as I sincerely wish to throw a blanket over my teenage daughter before she goes out, I know I can't do this (although I can cluck, like a churchwoman, "Aren't you going to be cold in that, dear?"). Danielle Crittenden: Islamic Like Me: Is Western Culture More Sexually Oppressive Than The Burka?
- The maid clucked her tongue and rolled her eyes.