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单词 clucker
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cluckern.

Brit. /ˈklʌkə/, U.S. /ˈkləkər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cluck v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < cluck v. + -er suffix1.
1. Originally: a hen used for breeding, or one inclined to brood (cf. cluck n. 2). In later use also more generally: a chicken or (occasionally) other clucking bird. Cf. clocker n.1
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > young or chicken
chickenOE
chicka1398
poulta1425
chicken birdc1450
peepera1586
peepling1594
game chicken1674
peep1688
spring chicken1765
clucker1779
chickabiddy1785
chicklet1836
chickie1851
wing-chick1885
pee-pee1890
the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > hen > at or of specific stage, condition, or habits
pulletc1400
brood-hen1526
smoke-hen1577
Shrovetide hen1598
shroving hen1611
poulard1733
clucker1779
1779 E. Wolff En Dansk og Engelsk Ord-bog at Kagler A clucker, a brood-hen.
1838 Cleveland Observer 2 Aug. 76/3 Whenever any one of them [sc. hens] was disposed to set, viz. as soon as she began to cluck, she was separated from the others... These cluckers were well attended and well fed.
1922 Los Angeles Times 9 Jan. ii. 1/2 (heading) Chickens land him in jail... Man with ‘cluckers’ in sack is nabbed.
2008 Sunday Sun (Nexis) 29 June (Features section) 38 Anya's clucker, Goldie, is currently incubating a dozen eggs.
2. A person given to clucking to express disapproval, irritation, commiseration, etc., typically while engaging in gossip or idle chatter. Cf. cluck v. 4d.Also in cluck-clucker (cf. note at cluck v. 4b).
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person
chaterestrea1250
jangler1303
babbler1366
blabbererc1375
jangleressc1386
talkerc1386
clatterer1388
cacklera1400
languager1436
carperc1440
mamblerc1450
praterc1500
jackdaw?1520
chewet1546
flibbertigibbet1549
clatterfart1552
patterer1552
piec1557
long tongue?1562
prattler1567
piet1574
twattler1577
brawler1581
nimble-chops1581
pratepie1582
roita1585
whittera1585
full-mouth1589
interprater1591
chatterer1592
pianet1594
bablatrice1595
parakeet1598
Bow-bell cockney1600
prattle-basket1602
bagpipe1603
worder1606
babliaminy1608
chougha1616
gabbler1624
blatterer1627
magpie1632
prate-apace1636
rattlea1637
clack1640
blateroon1647
overtalker1654
prate-roast1671
prattle-box1671
babelard1678
twattle-basket1688
mouth1699
tongue-pad1699
chatterista1704
rattler1709
morologist1727
chatterbox1774
palaverer1788
gabber1792
whitter-whatter1805
slangwhanger1807
nash-gab1816
pump1823
windbag1827
big mouth1834
gasbag1841
chattermag1844
tattle-monger1848
rattletrap1850
gasser1855
mouth almighty1864
clucker1869
talky-talky1869
gabster1870
loudmouth1870
tonguester1871
palaverista1873
mag1876
jawsmith1887
spieler1894
twitterer1895
yabbler1901
wordster1904
poofter1916
blatherer1920
ear-bender1922
burbler1923
woofer1934
ear-basher1944
motormouth1955
yacker1960
yammerer1978
jay-
1869 Boston Daily Advertiser 1 July A western paper irreverently styles a woman's rights' convention a meeting of Q Cluckers.
1921 Chambers's Jrnl. June 355/2 People were mistaken who took Gilbert for an eternal clucker, for he could be stern enough.
1991 N.Y. Times 21 Apr. e17/3 Hysterical nonsense, the neos and cluck-cluckers say as the stock market surges.
2015 Tampa Bay (Florida) Times (Nexis) 9 Aug. 3 p Up against this collection of whiners, blowhards, preeners, hand-wringers and cluckers, it didn't take all that much to capture the lion's share of attention.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

cluckerv.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cluck v., -er suffix5
Etymology: Apparently < cluck v. + -er suffix5, after e.g. twitter v.1, chatter v., flutter v., etc. Compare German kluckern (17th cent.).
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To cluck (in senses 1b and 4b of the verb).
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of hen)
clockOE
cacklec1230
chuckc1405
keckle1513
cluck1580
chuckle1690
clack1712
clucker1904
1904 H. G. Wells Food of Gods ii. i. 156 ‘Um!’ said Redwood, after he had cluckered to the infant for a space.
1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox 91 His six hens cluckered and flucked to perch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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