Clucking

cluck  (klk)

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.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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