cluck

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Synonyms: chuck, clack, click, pluck, clunk, clock, cuck, luck, gluck, cruck, kluck

Antonyms: chuck, clack, click, pluck, clunk, clock, cuck, luck, gluck, cruck, kluck

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Noun

1. The [[sound]] made by a [[hen]], especially when [[brooding]], or [[calling]] her [[chick]]s.
2. Any sound similar to this.
3. A kind of tongue [[click]] used to urge on a horse.
4. {{lb|en|Texas}} A setting hen.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To make low clicking sounds (refers to hens).
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound.
3. To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
4. {{lb|en|British|drug|_|slang}} To suffer [[withdrawal]] from [[heroin]].

Proper noun

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