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clucking

The correct spelling is clucking.

How to pronounce clucking

/ˈklʌkɪŋ/
verb

IPA: /ˈklʌkɪŋ/

Say it like: Clu-kin-g

The correct spelling is clucking. To make such a sound. For example: "My mother clucked her tongue in disapproval."

Usage Examples

My mother clucked her tongue in disapproval.

That clucking bastard!

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To make such a sound.
  2. 2.To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound.
  3. 3.To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
  4. 4.To suffer withdrawal from heroin.

noun

  1. 1.The action of the verb cluck; a cluck sound.

adjective

  1. 1.Fucking (as intensifier)

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