cluck
verb /klʌk/
/klʌk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cluck | /klʌk/ /klʌk/ |
| he / she / it clucks | /klʌks/ /klʌks/ |
| past simple clucked | /klʌkt/ /klʌkt/ |
| past participle clucked | /klʌkt/ /klʌkt/ |
| -ing form clucking | /ˈklʌkɪŋ/ /ˈklʌkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] when a chicken clucks, it makes a series of short low sounds
- [intransitive] to make a short low sound with your tongue to show that you feel sorry for somebody or that you think something is bad
- The teacher clucked sympathetically at the child's story.
Word Originlate 15th cent.: imitative, corresponding to Danish klukke, Swedish klucka.