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cluck

/kˈlʌk/KLUHK
/kˈlʌk/KLUHK

Meaningmake a hen's call

Common meaning: make a hen-like call

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KARK‘make a loud noise, laugh’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 59, p. 732 · scan
  2. Old Englishcloccian‘make a hen's call’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishclokkensource
  4. Englishcluck‘make a hen-like call’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English cloccian ‘make a hen's call’.

Roots

  • cloccian Old English “make a hen's call”

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