as in idiots
a stupid person
stuck with a bunch of clucks on an extended bus tour
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Recent Examples of clucks
Hens make a combination of clucks and yelps when calling to a gobbler.
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Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clucks
Noun
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Can't believe that after 10 years of us basing our most damning investigations on cell phone data, these idiots are still doing it.—
Sam Stevenson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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That's the deterrent for the idiots.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That they would be regarded as slothful morons who aren't worth the price of a ticket of admission.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
2 Feb. 2026
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The lunatics are running the asylum.—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
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Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Michael Cera, Will Arnett and other lunatics round out the cast.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Through the fuzz and the bad camera angles emerges an extraordinary catalogue of dummies, flicks, and feints, a hodge-podge of silly tricks.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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That intriguing time of the year has arrived, when objects purporting to be dummies of upcoming iPhones leak into the public domain.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Clucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clucks. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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