"cleck" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: clecks [present, singular, third-person], clecking [participle, present], clecked [participle, past], clecked [past]
Rhymes: -ɛk Etymology: From Scots cleck, from Old Norse klekja. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|cleck}} Scots cleck, {{der|en|non|klekja}} Old Norse klekja Head templates: {{en-verb}} cleck (third-person singular simple present clecks, present participle clecking, simple past and past participle clecked)
  1. (chiefly Scotland, transitive) To hatch (a bird); (colloquial) to give birth to (a person). Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-cleck-en-verb-ISX9QsWr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cleck meaning in English (1.6kB)

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