cluck
cluck Lexical Profile
cluck Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To make a short, low, guttural sound (of a hen or similar bird).
"The hens clucked contentedly as they pecked at the scattered grain in the yard."
To make a short clicking sound with the tongue, or to fuss and chatter with solicitous concern or mild disapproval.
"Relatives gathered around the cradle and clucked admiringly over the newborn baby."
• noun
A short, low, guttural sound made by a hen, especially when brooding or calling its chicks.
"We heard a soft cluck coming from the nesting box in the corner of the barn."
A brief clicking sound made with the tongue against the roof of the mouth, typically expressing sympathy, mild disapproval, or urging a horse forward.
"With a sympathetic cluck of her tongue, the nurse bandaged the child's scraped knee."
• interjection
Used to represent the short, low vocal sound made by a hen or a similar clicking sound made with the tongue.
"The children laughed as the puppet went "cluck, cluck" across the stage."
• Rhymes for cluck
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English clokken, going back to Old English cloccian ('to cluck, make a noise in the throat'), of imitative origin representing the sound of a hen.