cluck over/around

cluck over/around
express fussy concern about.
cluck

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  • cluck — ► NOUN ▪ the characteristic short, guttural sound made by a hen. ► VERB 1) make a cluck. 2) (cluck over/around) express fussy concern about. DERIVATIVES clucky adjective. ORIGIN imitative …   English terms dictionary

  • cluck — cluck1 [klʌk] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: From the sound] 1.) if a chicken clucks, it makes a short low sound 2.) [I and T] to express sympathy or disapproval by saying something, or by making a short low noise with your tongue ▪ Edith clucked… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cluck — verb 1》 (of a hen) make a short, low sound. 2》 (cluck over/around) express fussy concern about. noun 1》 the short, low sound made by a hen. 2》 N. Amer. informal a foolish person. Derivatives clucky adjective Origin C15: imitative …   English new terms dictionary

  • cluck — [[t]klʌ̱k[/t]] clucks, clucking, clucked 1) VERB When a hen clucks, it makes short, low noises. The hens were already roosting high above my head, clucking softly into their feathers. 2) VERB (disapproval) To cluck over someone or something means …   English dictionary

  • cluck — 1 verb 1 (I) if a chicken clucks, it makes a short, low sound 2 (I, T) to express sympathy or disapproval by saying something, or by making a short low noise with your tongue (+ over/around/about): The women stood together clucking over her… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • clucky — cluck ► NOUN ▪ the characteristic short, guttural sound made by a hen. ► VERB 1) make a cluck. 2) (cluck over/around) express fussy concern about. DERIVATIVES clucky adjective. ORIGIN imitative …   English terms dictionary

  • have a clue usu. with negative — informal know about something or about how to do something. → cluck over/around …   English new terms dictionary

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