cluck
pronunciation
How to pronounce cluck in British English:
UK [klʌk]
How to pronounce cluck in American English:
US [klʌk]
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- Noun:
- the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
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- Verb:
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
Word Origin
- cluck (v.)
- Old English cloccian originally echoic. Compare Turkish culuk, one of the words for "turkey;" Greek klozein, Latin glocire, German glucken. Related: Clucked; clucking.
- cluck (n.)
- 1703, "sound made by a hen," from cluck (v.). Slang meaning "stupid person" (turkeys are famously foolish) is from 1927.
Example
- 1. Michael cluck was an english major like rachel .
- 2. Silly ? Can I get a " cluck cluck " ? Cluck cluck !
- 3. I ask you to sing cluck , cluck , cluck .
- 4. Cluck , cluck , cluck , my babies , let 's go home .
- 5. And I got my job with mr. cluck 's back .