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clucking

UK
/ˈklʌkɪŋ/
US
/ˈklʌkɪŋ/

Translations

cluckingnoun
cluckings
pl
The clucking of the hen could be heard from the barn as she gathered her chicks.
Le gloussement de la poule s’entendait depuis la grange tandis qu’elle rassemblait ses poussins.
Additional translations
claquement de langueS’emploie pour un bruit exprimant la désapprobation ou l’agacement.
Synonyms
chattering
gossiping
croaking
cackling
cluckinggerund / present participle
UK
/ˈklʌkɪŋ/
US
/ˈklʌkɪŋ/
Used to describe something that produces clucks or to convey fussing disapproval.
The clucking hen strutted around the yard.
La poule gloussante paradait dans la cour.
Additional translations
moralisateurAu sens figuré, pour une attitude de reproche ou de réprobation légère.
Synonyms
tutting
tsking
chattering
chuckling
cluckish
cluckverb

clucking

Gerund

clucked
Past Simple
clucked
Past Participle
clucking
Gerund
UK
/klʌk/
US
/klʌk/
glousserPour le bruit caractéristique de la poule.
The hen clucked softly as she settled onto her nest.
La poule a gloussé doucement en se posant sur son nid.
Additional translations
claquer de la languePour marquer la désapprobation ou l’inquiétude.
Synonyms
cackle
croak
chatter
squawk
gossip

Definitions

cluckingnoun
The sound made by a hen, especially when calling her chicks.
The clucking of the hen could be heard from the barn as she gathered her chicks.
A sound resembling the noise made by a hen, often used to express disapproval or concern.
There was a clucking of tongues among the audience when the speaker made a controversial statement.
cluckinggerund / present participle
Making clucking sounds; characterized by repeated clucks.
The clucking hen strutted around the yard.
Fussing or expressing mild disapproval in a way likened to a hen's cluck.
Her clucking relatives kept asking when she would settle down.
cluckverb
To make a short, low sound that a chicken makes.
The hen clucked softly as she settled onto her nest.
To express disapproval or concern by making a similar sound.
The teacher clucked at the students' messy work.
To utter or express (something) with a clucking sound.
She clucked a warning to the chicks.
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