clucked; clucking; clucks
1
: to make a cluck
2
: to make a clicking sound with the tongue
3
: to express interest or concern
critics clucked over the new developments
1
: the characteristic sound made by a hen especially in calling her chicks
2
: a stupid or naive person
a dumb cluck
Examples of cluck in a Sentence
Verb
The hen clucked at her chicks.
The driver clucked at the horses to get them moving.
Commentators have been clucking over his lack of experience.
Noun
Don't be such a dumb cluck.
stuck with a bunch of clucks on an extended bus tour
Recent Examples on the Web
Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
This spring, Clase sits in a folding chair, chickens clucking away, and Luis Ortiz sits beside him, the two of them glued to the action on the farm.
—Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
For me, the Caribbean is the cluck of a rooster during sunrise, a coconut from a roadside truck to quell the afternoon heat.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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Verb
At worst, friends who saw the post might have clucked at my show of poor taste in the face of tragedy and then moved on with their lives.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
This spring, Clase sits in a folding chair, chickens clucking away, and Luis Ortiz sits beside him, the two of them glued to the action on the farm.
—Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
Male turkeys gobble and strut, puffing out their feathers, to impress hens, who yelp and cluck in response.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
For me, the Caribbean is the cluck of a rooster during sunrise, a coconut from a roadside truck to quell the afternoon heat.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Cluck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cluck. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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