clucking

cluck

C0425800 (klŭk)n.1. a. The characteristic sound made by a hen when brooding or calling its chicks.b. A sound similar to this.2. Informal A stupid or foolish person.v. clucked, cluck·ing, clucks v.intr.1. To utter the characteristic sound of a hen.2. To make a sound similar to that of a hen, as in coaxing a horse.v.tr.1. To call by making the characteristic sound of a hen or a similar sound.2. To express by clucking: He clucked disapproval.

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[Middle English clokken, from Old English cloccian.]

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clucking - the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)cluckcry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"