Cluck

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The characteristic sound made by a hen when brooding or calling its chicks.
  • n. A sound similar to this.
  • n. Informal A stupid or foolish person.
  • verb-intransitive. To utter the characteristic sound of a hen.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a sound similar to that of a hen, as in coaxing a horse.
  • v. To call by making the characteristic sound of a hen or a similar sound.
  • v. To express by clucking: He clucked disapproval.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
  • n. Any sound similar to this.
  • n. A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.
  • v. To make such a sound.
  • v. to suffer withdrawal from heroin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.
  • v. To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
  • n. The call of a hen to her chickens.
  • n. A click. See 3d Click, 2.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To utter the call or cry of a brooding hen or a hen with young chicks.
  • To call or incite by clucking, as a hen her chicks.
  • n. A sound uttered by a hen when broody, or in calling her chicks.
  • n. Same as click, 2.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
  • n. the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
  • Verb Form
    clucked    clucking    clucks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    emit    let out    let loose    utter    cry   
    Cross Reference
    cackle   
    Variant
    click   
    Form
    clucked    clucking   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    call    cry    chuck   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Buck    Canuck    Chuck    Duck    Gluck    Puck    amok    amuck    bruck    buck   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sphery    chirrup    coo    cackling    nuzzle    cackle    huff