as in idiot
a stupid person
stuck with a bunch of clucks on an extended bus tour
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Recent Examples of cluck
What the cluck is going on in Kate Beckinsale’s family?
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Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Here’s something for Hallmark fans to cluck about: the channel has set the return date for The Chicken Sisters.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 26 June 2025
The only non-aquatic industries are a nearby watermelon farm and the occasional cluck and snuffle of chickens and pigs.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 June 2025
This leads us to the crux...or perhaps the clucks...of my story.
—Phil Kafarakis, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Here’s something for Hallmark fans to cluck about: the channel has set the return date for The Chicken Sisters.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 26 June 2025
The only non-aquatic industries are a nearby watermelon farm and the occasional cluck and snuffle of chickens and pigs.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 June 2025
This leads us to the crux...or perhaps the clucks...of my story.
—Phil Kafarakis, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cluck
Noun
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Let’s forgive the fool-killers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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As Rose’s impoverished yet imperious mother Ruth, Parson’s dry deliveries offer great comic ballast to this ship of fools.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For starters, there are the cost savings of getting one of these not-so-in-demand mutts.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Much of the rising interest is tied to claims that these mixed pooches possess more desirable aspects than many purebreeds or mutts.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Cluck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluck. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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