"clucky" meaning in All languages combined

See clucky on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: cluckier [comparative], cluckiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌki Etymology: cluck + -y, because broody hens usually cluck loudly and continuously if disturbed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cluck|y}} cluck + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} clucky (comparative cluckier, superlative cluckiest)
  1. Broody.
    Sense id: en-clucky-en-adj-zNZMxTLS
  2. Prone to cluck.
    Sense id: en-clucky-en-adj-E4L-zZHy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 80 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 9 68 23
  3. Resembling or characteristic of a cluck.
    Sense id: en-clucky-en-adj-qwEjiGgH

Inflected forms

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