cluck

English

/klʌk/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English clokken inherited from Old English cloccian (make a noise, cluck) inherited from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (make a sound, cluck).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*klukkwōną

Gloss

make a sound, cluck

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