Dictionary entry

Cluck

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cluck (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Clucked (?); p pr. & vb. n.Clucking.] [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken, glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative origin.] To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. Ray.