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CLUCK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)play

Synonyms:

cluck; clucking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("cluck" is a kind of...):

cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)

Derivation:

cluck (make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they cluck  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it clucks  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: clucked  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: clucked  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: clucking  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hensplay

Synonyms:

clack; click; cluck

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "cluck" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

cluck (the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks))

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