cluck Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
    clucking.
  2. verb make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
    click; clack.

WordNet

Cluck intransitive verb
Etymology
AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken, glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative origin.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Clucked ; present participle & verbal noun Clucking
Definitions
  1. To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. Ray.
Cluck transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
    She, poor hen, fond of no second brood, Has clucked three to the wars. Shak.
Cluck noun
Definitions
  1. The call of a hen to her chickens.
  2. A click. See 3d Click, 2.

Webster 1913