cluck
The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicksThe sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
» The hens were clucking all day long.
Die Hühner gluckten den ganzen Tag lang. — al_ex_an_der
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4 sensesThe sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
Gackern
куда́хтаньеkudáxtanʹje, куд-куд-куда́хkud-kud-kudáx
квокkvok, ко-ко́ko-kó
the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
Any sound similar to this.
A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.
(Texas)A setting hen.
Examples
18 sentencesThe hens were clucking all day long.
deDie Hühner gluckten den ganzen Tag lang. — al_ex_an_der
Tom made a clucking sound with his tongue.
The hypnotist made Mary cluck like a chicken.
The hypnotist made Tom cluck like a chicken.
Our neighbour keeps chickens, but they don't cluck much.
deUnser Nachbar hält Hühner, aber sie gackern nicht oft. — raggione
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”)From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkwōn, from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (“to make a sound, cluck”), of imitative origin.
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