"cluck" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /klʌk/ Audio: En-au-cluck.ogg [Australia] Forms: clucks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌk Etymology: From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (“to make a sound, cluck”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Scots clok, clock (“to cluck”), Dutch klokken (“to cluck”), Low German klucken (“to cluck”), German glucken (“to cluck”), Danish klukke (“to cluck”), Swedish klucka (“to cluck”), Icelandic klökkva (“to sob, whine, cluck”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clokken}} Middle English clokken, {{m|enm|clocken}} clocken, {{inh|en|ang|cloccian||to cluck, make a noise}} Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*klukkwōną||to make a sound, cluck}} Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (“to make a sound, cluck”), {{cog|sco|clok}} Scots clok, {{m|sco|clock||to cluck}} clock (“to cluck”), {{cog|nl|klokken||to cluck}} Dutch klokken (“to cluck”), {{cog|nds|klucken||to cluck}} Low German klucken (“to cluck”), {{cog|de|glucken||to cluck}} German glucken (“to cluck”), {{cog|da|klukke||to cluck}} Danish klukke (“to cluck”), {{cog|sv|klucka||to cluck}} Swedish klucka (“to cluck”), {{cog|is|klökkva||to sob, whine, cluck}} Icelandic klökkva (“to sob, whine, cluck”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cluck (plural clucks)
  1. The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks. Categories (topical): Animal sounds Translations (sound made by hen): кудкудякане (kudkudjakane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), escataineig [masculine] (Catalan), gekakel [neuter] (Dutch), kotkotus (Finnish), gloussement (French), Gackern [neuter] (German), κακάρισμα (kakárisma) [neuter] (Greek), κοκό (kokó) [neuter] (Greek), kotkodácsolás (Hungarian), kluko (Ido), chioccio [masculine] (Italian), кокода́ (kokodá) (Macedonian), квак (kvak) (Macedonian), kotokoto (Maori), ketekete (Maori), gdakanie (Polish), cacarejo [masculine] (Portuguese), cotcodăcit [neuter] (Romanian), cloncănit [neuter] (Romanian), куда́хтанье (kudáxtanʹje) [neuter] (Russian), куд-куд-куда́х (kud-kud-kudáx) [masculine] (Russian), gag gàg (Scottish Gaelic), gog gog (Scottish Gaelic), кокодакање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), kokodakanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), cloqueo [masculine] (Spanish), clo [masculine] (Spanish), cacareo [masculine] (Spanish), kackel [neuter] (Swedish), kurok (Tagalog), กุ๊ก ๆ (gúk-gúk) (Thai), กุ๊ก (gúk) (Thai), gıdaklama (Turkish), квок (kvok) (Ukrainian), ко-ко́ (ko-kó) (Ukrainian), cục cục (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-cluck-en-noun-hjHyQVas Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 17 10 13 3 11 16 19 11 Disambiguation of 'sound made by hen': 67 9 4 20
  2. Any sound similar to this. Categories (topical): Animal sounds Translations (any similar sound): kotkotus (Finnish), cotcodăcit [neuter] (Romanian), cloncănit [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-cluck-en-noun-KK-CyH-C Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 17 10 13 3 11 16 19 11 Disambiguation of 'any similar sound': 12 80 7 1
  3. A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse. Categories (topical): Animal sounds Translations (tongue click to urge on a horse): klakken (Dutch), maiskautus (Finnish), ва́бење (vábenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), цоктање [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), coktanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-cluck-en-noun-QZ2Eng4m Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 17 10 13 3 11 16 19 11 Disambiguation of 'tongue click to urge on a horse': 3 4 91 2
  4. (Texas) A setting hen. Tags: Texas
    Sense id: en-cluck-en-noun-bFhiV5Bx Categories (other): Texas English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clutch [dialectal], clock Derived forms: dumb cluck

Verb

IPA: /klʌk/ Audio: En-au-cluck.ogg [Australia] Forms: clucks [present, singular, third-person], clucking [participle, present], clucked [participle, past], clucked [past]
Rhymes: -ʌk Etymology: From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (“to make a sound, cluck”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Scots clok, clock (“to cluck”), Dutch klokken (“to cluck”), Low German klucken (“to cluck”), German glucken (“to cluck”), Danish klukke (“to cluck”), Swedish klucka (“to cluck”), Icelandic klökkva (“to sob, whine, cluck”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clokken}} Middle English clokken, {{m|enm|clocken}} clocken, {{inh|en|ang|cloccian||to cluck, make a noise}} Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*klukkwōną||to make a sound, cluck}} Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (“to make a sound, cluck”), {{cog|sco|clok}} Scots clok, {{m|sco|clock||to cluck}} clock (“to cluck”), {{cog|nl|klokken||to cluck}} Dutch klokken (“to cluck”), {{cog|nds|klucken||to cluck}} Low German klucken (“to cluck”), {{cog|de|glucken||to cluck}} German glucken (“to cluck”), {{cog|da|klukke||to cluck}} Danish klukke (“to cluck”), {{cog|sv|klucka||to cluck}} Swedish klucka (“to cluck”), {{cog|is|klökkva||to sob, whine, cluck}} Icelandic klökkva (“to sob, whine, cluck”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cluck (third-person singular simple present clucks, present participle clucking, simple past and past participle clucked)
  1. (intransitive) To make such a sound. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-cluck-en-verb-GCqdgYJY Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 17 10 13 3 11 16 19 11
  2. (transitive) To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-cluck-en-verb-2uYYH9BE Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 17 10 13 3 11 16 19 11
  3. To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens. Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-cluck-en-verb-FBasKmz0 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 17 10 13 3 11 16 19 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 25 1 1 3 48 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 13 23 2 2 4 42 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 13 22 2 2 5 40 12 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 5 8 21 4 4 7 38 13
  4. (British, drug slang) To suffer withdrawal from heroin. Tags: British Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-cluck-en-verb-moQMD2-C Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 17 10 13 3 11 16 19 11 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clutch [dialectal], clock Derived forms: cluck one's tongue Related terms: cackle Translations (to produce cluck sound): кудкудякам (kudkudjakam) (Bulgarian), cloquejar (Catalan), kakelen (Dutch), klakken (Dutch), gaki (Esperanto), kotkottaa (Finnish), glousser (French), gackern (German), κακαρίζω (kakarízo) (Greek), gagga (Icelandic), klukar (Ido), gracillō (Latin), glocio (Latin), glocido (Latin), glocito (Latin), kotokoto (Maori), ketekete (Maori), clokken (Middle English), clioutchi (Norman), couarder (Norman), crocheter (Norman), queûqu'ter (Norman), cloccian (Old English), gdakać (Polish), cacarejar (Portuguese), куда́хтать (kudáxtatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), gog (Scottish Gaelic), кокодакати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kokodakati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), cloquear (Spanish), kackla (Swedish), gıdaklamak (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'to produce cluck sound': 34 38 16 12

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for cluck meaning in English (19.8kB)

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          "sense": "sound made by hen",
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          ],
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "kotkodácsolás"
        },
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kokodá",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "кокода́"
        },
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          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kvak",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "квак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "kotokoto"
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        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "ketekete"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "gdakanie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cacarejo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cotcodăcit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cloncănit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kudáxtanʹje",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "куда́хтанье"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kud-kud-kudáx",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "куд-куд-куда́х"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "gag gàg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "gog gog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "tags": [
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "кокодакање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kokodakanje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cloqueo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cacareo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kackel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "kurok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gúk-gúk",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "กุ๊ก ๆ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gúk",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "กุ๊ก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "gıdaklama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kvok",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "квок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ko-kó",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "ко-ко́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 9 4 20",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "sound made by hen",
          "word": "cục cục"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "17 10 13 3 11 16 19 11",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
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          "parents": [
            "Sounds",
            "Vocalizations",
            "Sound",
            "Communication",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any sound similar to this."
      ],
      "id": "en-cluck-en-noun-KK-CyH-C",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "12 80 7 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any similar sound",
          "word": "kotkotus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 80 7 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "any similar sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cotcodăcit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 80 7 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "any similar sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cloncănit"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "17 10 13 3 11 16 19 11",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Animal sounds",
          "orig": "en:Animal sounds",
          "parents": [
            "Sounds",
            "Vocalizations",
            "Sound",
            "Communication",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        "A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 91 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "tongue click to urge on a horse",
          "word": "klakken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 91 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tongue click to urge on a horse",
          "word": "maiskautus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 4 91 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "word": "кудкудякам"
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      "word": "cloquejar"
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      "word": "kakelen"
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      "word": "gaki"
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      "word": "kotkottaa"
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      "word": "glousser"
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      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "gackern"
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      "roman": "kakarízo",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "κακαρίζω"
    },
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      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "gagga"
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      "word": "klukar"
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      "word": "gracillō"
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      "word": "glocido"
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      "word": "glocito"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "kotokoto"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "ketekete"
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      "word": "clokken"
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      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "clioutchi"
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      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "couarder"
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      "word": "crocheter"
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      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "queûqu'ter"
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      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "cloccian"
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      "word": "gdakać"
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      "word": "cacarejar"
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      "roman": "kudáxtatʹ",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "куда́хтать"
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      "word": "кокодакати"
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      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "cloquear"
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      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "kackla"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "gıdaklamak"
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}
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      "glosses": [
        "Any sound similar to this."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "click",
          "click"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Texas English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A setting hen."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Texas) A setting hen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Texas"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/klʌk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-cluck.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/En-au-cluck.ogg/En-au-cluck.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/En-au-cluck.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "clutch"
    },
    {
      "word": "clock"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kudkudjakane",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кудкудякане"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escataineig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gekakel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "kotkotus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "gloussement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Gackern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kakárisma",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κακάρισμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kokó",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κοκό"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "kotkodácsolás"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "kluko"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chioccio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kokodá",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "кокода́"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kvak",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "квак"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "kotokoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "ketekete"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "gdakanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cacarejo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cotcodăcit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cloncănit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kudáxtanʹje",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "куда́хтанье"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kud-kud-kudáx",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "куд-куд-куда́х"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "gag gàg"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "gog gog"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кокодакање"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kokodakanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cloqueo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cacareo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kackel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "kurok"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gúk-gúk",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "กุ๊ก ๆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gúk",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "กุ๊ก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "gıdaklama"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kvok",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "квок"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ko-kó",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "ко-ко́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sound made by hen",
      "word": "cục cục"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any similar sound",
      "word": "kotkotus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any similar sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cotcodăcit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any similar sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cloncănit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tongue click to urge on a horse",
      "word": "klakken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tongue click to urge on a horse",
      "word": "maiskautus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vábenje",
      "sense": "tongue click to urge on a horse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ва́бење"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tongue click to urge on a horse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "цоктање"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "tongue click to urge on a horse",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "coktanje"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cluck"
}

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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms derived from Middle English",
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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌk",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌk/1 syllable",
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      "word": "cluck one's tongue"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "clokken"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English clokken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "clocken"
      },
      "expansion": "clocken",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cloccian",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to cluck, make a noise"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*klukkwōną",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "clok"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots clok",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "clock",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cluck"
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      "expansion": "clock (“to cluck”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "klokken",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cluck"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch klokken (“to cluck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "klucken",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cluck"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German klucken (“to cluck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "glucken",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cluck"
      },
      "expansion": "German glucken (“to cluck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "klukke",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cluck"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish klukke (“to cluck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "klucka",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to cluck"
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      "expansion": "Swedish klucka (“to cluck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "klökkva",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to sob, whine, cluck"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic klökkva (“to sob, whine, cluck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (“to make a sound, cluck”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Scots clok, clock (“to cluck”), Dutch klokken (“to cluck”), Low German klucken (“to cluck”), German glucken (“to cluck”), Danish klukke (“to cluck”), Swedish klucka (“to cluck”), Icelandic klökkva (“to sob, whine, cluck”).",
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    {
      "form": "clucks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clucking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clucked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cackle"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 72",
          "text": "\"I came across him once,\" he continued, \"when he was playing down on the main road to Skaug; there he sat in the middle of the road with a lot of hens around him, I counted seven, and there were more round about in the wood, for I heard them clucking and calling behind every bush.\"",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make such a sound."
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        "(intransitive) To make such a sound."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My mother clucked her tongue in disapproval."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To suffer withdrawal from heroin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "withdrawal",
          "withdrawal"
        ],
        [
          "heroin",
          "heroin"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "drug slang",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, drug slang) To suffer withdrawal from heroin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/klʌk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-cluck.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/En-au-cluck.ogg/En-au-cluck.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/En-au-cluck.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "clutch"
    },
    {
      "word": "clock"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kudkudjakam",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "кудкудякам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "cloquejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "kakelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "klakken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "gaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "kotkottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "glousser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "gackern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kakarízo",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "κακαρίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "gagga"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "klukar"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "gracillō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "glocio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "glocido"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "glocito"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "kotokoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "ketekete"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "clokken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "clioutchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "couarder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "crocheter"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "queûqu'ter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "cloccian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "gdakać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "cacarejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kudáxtatʹ",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "куда́хтать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "gog"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "кокодакати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "kokodakati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "cloquear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "kackla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to produce cluck sound",
      "word": "gıdaklamak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cluck"
}

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