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Definition: Cluck |
CluckNoun1. The sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks). Verb1. Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cluck" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang | Adj. Source: The word comes from "cluck, cluck", a sound that chickens are known to make. Definition: Extremely unintelligent. Context: The words is used in situations where someone is being very stupid and air-headed. Social Source: Ebonic using persons. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CluckSynonyms: clack (v), click (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cluck |
| English words defined with "cluck": Clucked, Clucking. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | They cluck their thick tongues, and shake their heads and suggest, oh so very delicately. (Psycho; writing credit: Joseph Stefano) When did you learn to talk anyway? I thought hens could only cluck and cackle. (Return to Oz; writing credit: L. Frank Baum; Gill Dennis) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Dumb Cluck (1937) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Cluck! cluck! cluck!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Play | Caption |
 | One chicken cluck. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Cluck" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Cluck" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 71.43% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cluck" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cluck | Last name | 1,000 | 10,940 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
chicken cluck u | 38 |
cluck u | 27 |
cluck cluck | 9 |
3 cluck dumb | 4 |
cluck | 4 |
bob cluck | 4 |
chicken cluck | 3 |
cluck university | 2 |
cluck hen old | 2 |
cluck u.com | 2 |
cluck cluck lyrics | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cluck"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ndjellje (chuck, enticement, evocation, forbidding), ndjell (augur, conjure, entice, evoke, forebode), kuaçitje, kakarisje (cackle), kakaris (cackle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قرقرة الدجاج, جعله يطلق صوتا كالقرقر, القرقة الدجاجة القاعدة على بيضها, دعا إلى الشئ بمثل القرقر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | къткане, къткам, клопане, клопам. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kvokat, kvokání, kdákat (cackle, squawk), kdákání (cackle, squawk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مرغ کرچ , مرغ قپ , قدقدکردن (Squawk), قدقد, ادم احمق ورذل . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kotkotus (cackle), kotkottaa (cackle), kaakattaa (cackle, quack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | glousser, gloussement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | glucken (be a success, be successful, brood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κακαρίζω (cackle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לקרקר (cackle, gaggle, quack, squawk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kotyogás (blat, blatter, chuck, clucking, gurgle, hammering, ping, slack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | chiocciare (cackle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scoylgernee (chirp, clucking), scoylg, glock. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uckclay cacarejo (cackle, chuck, chuckle, clucking, gabble), cacarejar (cackle, chuck, chuckle, keckle). (various references) cotcodac, cloncãnit (chuckle), cloncãni (croak), clonc, chema cloncãnind, gogâlţ. (various references) кудахтать (cackle, chuckle), кудахтанье (cackle, chuck, chuckle). (various references) kokodakati (cackle), kokodakanje (cackle). (various references) cloqueo. (various references) skrocka (chuck, chuckle). (various references) เสียงร้องกุ๊กๆ (ของไก่ตัวเมีย). (various references) gıdaklamak (cackle, chuck), gıdaklama (cackle, chuck), avanak (clot, fool, gullible, nincompoop, ninny, rube, sap, simpleton), aptal kimse. (various references) wakgyldamak, kдkelemek. (various references) кудкудакати (cackle, chuckle, clabber, gabble, keckle), кудкудакання (cackle, chuck, chuckle, gabble), квоктати (cackle), квоктання (cackle). (various references) crecian (crackle), clwcian, clocian, clochdar (cackle), clegar (cackle, clack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cluck": clucked, clucking, clucks. (additional references) | |
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"Cluck" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ciucci, clacky, clec, Clicki, cloack, clocca, Closky, cluce, cluch, clunck, cluncky, clurk, clux, Colucci, cruck, Cucc, Cuci, Cuck, cucu, Kljuc, Mcluckie, shluck, sluck. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cluck" (pronounced klu"k) |
| 3 | -l u" k | luck, pluck. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-k-l-u" | |
-1 letter: luck. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-k-l-u" | |
+1 letter: clucks. | |
+2 letters: chuckle, clucked, cuckold. | |
+3 letters: chockful, chuckled, chuckler, chuckles, clucking, cuckolds, muckluck. | |
+4 letters: chuckhole, chucklers, chuckling, cocklebur, cuckolded, cuckoldry, mucklucks. | |
+5 letters: chuckholes, chuckwalla, cockalorum, cockleburs, cocksurely, cuckolding, leukocytic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 75 63 6B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. ..- -.-. -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l u c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 0075 0063 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3778876977 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Frequency 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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