cluck

n.

1. 1. The characteristic sound made by a hen when brooding or calling its chicks.
   2. A sound similar to this.
2. Informal. A stupid or foolish person.

v., clucked, cluck·ing, clucks.

v.intr.

1. To utter the characteristic sound of a hen.
2. To make a sound similar to that of a hen, as in coaxing a horse.

v.tr.

1. To call by making the characteristic sound of a hen or a similar sound.
2. To express by clucking: He clucked disapproval.

[Middle English clokken, from Old English cloccian.]

and kluck n. a stupid person; a person as stupid as a chicken.  Why did they send me a dumb cluck to do this work?  You silly kluck! Why'd you do that?

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)

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The verb cluck has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
  Synonyms: click, clack

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kluk, fjog
v. intr. - klukke, smække med tungen
v. tr. - smække med tungen

Nederlands (Dutch)
klokken, zich geïnteresseerd/ bezorgd uiten, geklok, dwaas, tokken

Français (French)
n. - gloussement
v. intr. - glousser
v. tr. - faire claquer (la langue)

Deutsch (German)
v. - gackern, glucken
n. - Glucken, (Slang) Idiot

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κακαρίζω, πλαταγίζω τη γλώσσα μου
n. - κακάρισμα, πλατάγισμα της γλώσσας, (καθομ.) χαζούλιακας

Italiano (Italian)
schiamazzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cacarejar
n. - cacarejo (m)

Русский (Russian)
кудахтать

Español (Spanish)
n. - cloqueo
v. intr. - emitir cloqueos
v. tr. - cloquear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skrocka
n. - skrockande, dumskalle (vard.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
咯咯的叫声, 发咯咯声唤小鸡, 发咯咯声呼唤

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 咯咯的叫聲
v. intr. - 發咯咯聲喚小雞
v. tr. - 發咯咯聲呼喚

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 꼬끼오 우는 소리, 얼간이, 위조화폐
v. intr. - 암탉이 꼬끼오 울다
v. tr. - 암탉이 꼬끼오 울다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - コッコッと鳴く
n. - コッコッと鳴く声

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) قوق كالدجاجه (الاسم) صوت الدجاجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קרקור, טיפש (מדוברת)‬
v. intr. - ‮קרקר‬
v. tr. - ‮קרקר‬

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