cluckingn.

Brit.

/ˈklʌkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkləkɪŋ/

Forms: see cluck v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cluck v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < cluck v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier clocking n.¹

The action of cluck v., in various senses; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > hen > sound made by

cacklingc1374

chuckc1405

clocking1440

clucking1577

chucking1598

cackle1674

cluck1697

chuckle1774

clock1825

1577 R. E. tr. P. Le Choyselat Disc. Housebandrie sig. D.iv Accustome your self to the noise and cluckyng of your Hennes.

1687 A. Lovell tr. C. de Bergerac Comical Hist. i. 39 The terrible clucking of the Toads.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Poultry You must reject all those Hens, notwithstanding their Clucking.

1827 Examiner 13 May 298/1 It is by no means wise or judicious to make so prodigious a clucking about such minute indications.

1931 Chicago Tribune 27 July 24/6 Three days of investigation have elicited only mournful shaking of Apache heads and sorrowful clucking of tongues.

1968 Times 15 July 2/5 There were cluckings and tuttings which indicated that Mr. Maddocks had chosen his words badly.

2015 Cumberland (Maryland) Times-News 26 Oct. 1 a/1 You may soon hear the clucking of hens from backyards.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

cluckingadj.

Brit.

/ˈklʌkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈkləkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cluck v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < cluck v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier clocking adj.¹

That clucks (in various senses of cluck v.) or makes a clucking sound; (English regional) broody, brooding. Also: designating such a sound; characterized by clucking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or like a hen > making sound

clocking1538

cackling1567

clucking1660

chuckling1818

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or like a hen > broody

broody?1523

clucking1660

1660 J. Perrot Follower of Lamb 4 The fulness verily is in the Father, Who doth our Minds into his bosome gather, Like tender Chickens by the Clucking-hen, Whose Name be prais'd by Life, by Voyce and Pen.

1764 London Chron. 23–25 Oct. 398/1 She still continued swelling, and every time she respired made a clucking noise.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 67 Clucking hens, and prating fools.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals xii. 286 The Australians often evince astonishment by a clucking noise.

2016 @sarahdal 22 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 19 June 2020) Oh just had the joy of collecting eggs from under a broody clucking hen!

2019 Kemptville (Canada) Advance (Nexis) 19 Aug. 1 The Farmer is filling his trailer with crates of fat, clucking chickens.

Compounds

clucking hen n. now rare the limpkin, Aramus guarauna, a wading bird native to South America and southeastern North America having a call resembling the clucking of a hen; cf. clocking hen n.Cf. literal use of clucking hen as an unfixed collocation at main sense (see e.g. quots. 1660, 2016).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > member of family Aramidae (limpkin)

guarauna1678

clocking hen1703

clucking hen?1740

limpkin1885

?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 38 The Clucking Hen, speckled with black and white like the common Guinea Hen.

1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 18 The harsh screams of the clucking-hen came up from a gloomy górge.

1936 J. Bond Birds W. Indies viii. 85 Limpkin (Aramus scolopaceus). Local names:—Clucking Hen; Carrao;..Railé.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clucking
释义	cluckingn. Brit. /ˈklʌkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkləkɪŋ/ Forms: see cluck v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cluck v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < cluck v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier clocking n.¹ The action of cluck v., in various senses; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > hen > sound made by cacklingc1374 chuckc1405 clocking1440 clucking1577 chucking1598 cackle1674 cluck1697 chuckle1774 clock1825 1577 R. E. tr. P. Le Choyselat Disc. Housebandrie sig. D.iv Accustome your self to the noise and cluckyng of your Hennes. 1687 A. Lovell tr. C. de Bergerac Comical Hist. i. 39 The terrible clucking of the Toads. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Poultry You must reject all those Hens, notwithstanding their Clucking. 1827 Examiner 13 May 298/1 It is by no means wise or judicious to make so prodigious a clucking about such minute indications. 1931 Chicago Tribune 27 July 24/6 Three days of investigation have elicited only mournful shaking of Apache heads and sorrowful clucking of tongues. 1968 Times 15 July 2/5 There were cluckings and tuttings which indicated that Mr. Maddocks had chosen his words badly. 2015 Cumberland (Maryland) Times-News 26 Oct. 1 a/1 You may soon hear the clucking of hens from backyards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cluckingadj. Brit. /ˈklʌkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkləkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cluck v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < cluck v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier clocking adj.¹ That clucks (in various senses of cluck v.) or makes a clucking sound; (English regional) broody, brooding. Also: designating such a sound; characterized by clucking. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or like a hen > making sound clocking1538 cackling1567 clucking1660 chuckling1818 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [adjective] > of or like a hen > broody broody?1523 clucking1660 1660 J. Perrot Follower of Lamb 4 The fulness verily is in the Father, Who doth our Minds into his bosome gather, Like tender Chickens by the Clucking-hen, Whose Name be prais'd by Life, by Voyce and Pen. 1764 London Chron. 23–25 Oct. 398/1 She still continued swelling, and every time she respired made a clucking noise. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 67 Clucking hens, and prating fools. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals xii. 286 The Australians often evince astonishment by a clucking noise. 2016 @sarahdal 22 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 19 June 2020) Oh just had the joy of collecting eggs from under a broody clucking hen! 2019 Kemptville (Canada) Advance (Nexis) 19 Aug. 1 The Farmer is filling his trailer with crates of fat, clucking chickens. Compounds clucking hen n. now rare the limpkin, Aramus guarauna, a wading bird native to South America and southeastern North America having a call resembling the clucking of a hen; cf. clocking hen n.Cf. literal use of clucking hen as an unfixed collocation at main sense (see e.g. quots. 1660, 2016). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > member of family Aramidae (limpkin) guarauna1678 clocking hen1703 clucking hen?1740 limpkin1885 ?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 38 The Clucking Hen, speckled with black and white like the common Guinea Hen. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 18 The harsh screams of the clucking-hen came up from a gloomy górge. 1936 J. Bond Birds W. Indies viii. 85 Limpkin (Aramus scolopaceus). Local names:—Clucking Hen; Carrao;..Railé. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577adj.1660
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