cluck

¹cluck

verb \ˈklək\

Definition of CLUCK

intransitive verb

1

: to make a cluck

2

: to make a clicking sound with the tongue

3

: to express interest or concern <critics clucked over the new developments>

transitive verb

1

: to call with a cluck

2

: to express with interest or concern

Examples of CLUCK

1. The hen clucked at her chicks.
2. The driver clucked at the horses to get them moving.
3. Commentators have been clucking over his lack of experience.

Origin of CLUCK

imitative

First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with CLUCK

buck, chuck, cruck, duck, guck, huck, luck, muck, pluck, puck, ruck, schmuck, shuck, struck, suck, truck, Truk, tuck, yech, yuck

²cluck

noun

Definition of CLUCK

1

: the characteristic sound made by a hen especially in calling her chicks

2

: a stupid or naive person <a dumb cluck>

Examples of CLUCK

1. Don't be such a dumb cluck.
2. <stuck with a bunch of clucks on an extended bus tour>

First Known Use of CLUCK

1703

Related to CLUCK

Synonyms

airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], idiot, clunk, cretin, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dumbbell, dumbhead, dum-dum, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mug [chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), oaf, pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo

Antonyms

brain, genius

Related Words

booby, buffoon, fool, goose, loony, lunatic, madman, nut, zany; loser; gawk; featherbrain, scatterbrain; beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cur, heel, jerk, skunk, snake, stinker, villain; bimbette [slang], bimbo [slang], himbo

Near Antonyms

egghead, intellect, intellectual, sage, thinker, whiz, wizard; polymath, Renaissance man; sharpie (or sharpy)