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[syn: cluck, clucking]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cluck \Cluck\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clucked; p pr. & vb. n.
Clucking.] [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken,
glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative
origin.]
To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.
--Ray.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clucking \Cluck"ing\, n.
The noise or call of a brooding hen.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clucking
n 1: the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) [syn:
cluck, clucking]