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cluck
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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.

[Middle English clokken, from Old English cloccian.]

cluck [klʌk]
n
the low clicking sound made by a hen or any similar sound
vb
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (intr) (of a hen) to make a clicking sound
2. (tr) to call or express (a feeling) by making a similar sound
[of imitative origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cluckcluck - the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
Verb1.cluck - make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
Translations
cluck [klʌk]
A. N
1. [of hen] → cloqueo m
2. (with tongue) → chasquido m (de la lengua)
B. VI
1. [hen] → cloquear
2. [person] → chasquear con la lengua
cluck over VI + PREP she clucked over the childrencon los niños estaba como la gallina con sus polluelos

cluck [ˈklʌk] vi [hen] → glousser

cluck
vigackern; (hen: to chicks) → glucken
nGackern nt; (of hen to chicks)Glucken nt

cluck [klʌk] vichiocciare
cluck [klʌk] vichiocciare

cluck
n cluck [klak]
(a sound like) the call of a hen. kloek قَرْقُ الدَّجاج къткане kvokání klukken das Glucken κακάρισμα cloqueo loksumine قد قد kaakatus gloussement קִרקוּר कुड़कुड़ाना kvocanje kotyogás kotek gagg il chiocciare めんどりの鳴き声 (암탉이) ‘꼬꼬’ 우는 소리 kvaksėjimas kladzināšana bunyi berketak-ketak geklok klukk gdakanie cacarejo cotcodăcit кудахтанье kvokanie kokodakanje kokodakanje skrockande, kluckande เสียงร้องกุ๊กๆ gıdaklama 母雞咯咯聲 квоктання, кудкудакання مرغی کی آواز tiếng gà cục cục
v
to make such a sound. spetter يُطَقْطِقُ тропам ťukat, ťapkat tromme prasseln ελαφροχτυπώ repiqueteo, golpeteo, tamborileo pladistama چک چک کردن؛ تاپ تاپ کردن naputtaa crépiter בִּנְקִישוֹת מְהִירוֹת ותכוּפוֹת टपटपाने की आवाज करना kuckanje kopog mengetuk smásmella og skella picchiettare, picchierellare パタパタと音をたてる 후두두, 후닥닥 소리를 내다 kapsėti, tuksėti grabināt; čabināt; tikšķēt berdetas-detas rikketikken klapre; plaske bębnić tiquetaquear a răpăi легко постукивать ťukať, ťapkať škrebljati dobovati smattra ทำให้เกิดเสียงเคาะเบา ๆ pıt(ır) pıt(ır) etmek, pıtırdamak 劈啪作響 затрепетати ٹپ ٹپ کرنا rơi lộp độp


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