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Cluck Short Noun Klʌk Intransitive Chicken Makes Low

Front cluck
Back cluck
verb, noun
BrE /klʌk/
NAmE /klʌk/
verb

1 [intransitive] when a chicken clucks, it makes a series of short low sounds
2 [intransitive] to make a short low sound with your tongue to show that you feel sorry for sb or that you disapprove of sth

The teacher clucked sympathetically at the child's story.

noun

the low, short sounds that a chicken makes
: (figurative) a cluck of impatience/annoyance

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