clucking

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A noun referring to the sound made by a hen, especially when calling her chicks.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das das Geräusch bezeichnet, das ein Huhn von sich gibt, besonders wenn es seine Küken ruft.

1. Hen's call A2 formal

   The soft, repetitive sound made by a hen, especially when calling her chicks.

   • The clucking of the hen could be heard across the farmyard.
   • She imitated the hen's clucking to attract the chickens.
   • The mother hen's clucking guided her chicks to safety.

   🇩🇪Gackern

   Synonyme: cluck

• cluckings plural form
• cluckings' possessive plural form
• clucking's possessive singular form

A verb used to describe the characteristic short, low sound made by a hen or chicken, or a similar sound made by a person.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das den charakteristischen kurzen, tiefen Laut beschreibt, den ein Huhn oder Küken von sich gibt, oder einen ähnlichen Laut, den ein Mensch erzeugt.

1. Make a hen's sound A2 informal

   To make a short, low sound like a hen, often used to describe the noise made by chickens.

   • The hen clucked softly as she gathered her chicks.
   • He clucked his tongue in disapproval.
   • The farmer could hear the chickens clucking in the barn.

   🇩🇪Gackern

   Synonyme: cacklechuckclack

• clucked past participle
• clucked past simple
• clucking present participle
• clucks third person singular