cluck

IPA(Pronunciation)

/klʌk/

Verb

intransitive transitive Britain

(intransitive) To make such a sound. / (transitive) To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound. / To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）鶏などのように、特有の鳴き声を出す / （他動詞）舌などでクリック音（舌打ち）を生じさせる / （他動詞）鶏が雛を集めるように、呼び寄せる

What is this buttons?

When the hen saw me, she would cluck softly and gather her chicks beneath her wings.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その雌鶏は私を見ると、コッコッと小さく鳴いて雛を翼の下に集めた。

Details

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To make such a sound.

"I came across him once," he continued, "when he was playing down on the main road to Skaug; there he sat in the middle of the road with a lot of hens around him, I counted seven, and there were more round about in the wood, for I heard them clucking and calling behind every bush."

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