cluck

== English == === Alternative forms === clutch (dialectal) clock === Etymology === From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkwōn, from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (“to make a sound, cluck”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Scots clok, clock (“to cluck”), Dutch klokken (“to cluck”), Low German klucken (“to cluck”), German glucken (“to cluck”), Danish klukke (“to cluck”), Swedish klucka (“to cluck”), Icelandic klökkva (“to sob, whine, cluck”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /klʌk/ (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /klʊk/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /klɐk/ Rhymes: -ʌk === Noun === cluck (plural clucks) The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks. Any sound similar to this. A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse. (This entry needs a sound clip exemplifying the definition.) (Texas) A setting hen. ==== Derived terms ==== dumb cluck ==== Translations ==== === Verb === cluck (third-person singular simple present clucks, present participle clucking, simple past and past participle clucked) (intransitive) To make low clicking sounds (refers to hens). Synonym: chuck (transitive) To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound. To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens. (UK, drug slang) To suffer withdrawal from heroin. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === cackle