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
Many still hunters use a step-step-pause cadence to mimic a deer waking or will cluck on a turkey call occasionally while scratching the leaves with a boot.
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Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2024
Hypnotists hush our brains’ analytic tendencies: Shhhh, stop worrying about your tax return and cluck like a chicken.
—Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
Republicans were able to get huge yuks and clucks out of that.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Dec. 2023
There is also a sound detection software, which can infer chicken moods and behaviors through the pitch and pattern of their clucks, chirps, and alerts.
—Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2023
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Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2024
Hypnotists hush our brains’ analytic tendencies: Shhhh, stop worrying about your tax return and cluck like a chicken.
—Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
Republicans were able to get huge yuks and clucks out of that.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Dec. 2023
There is also a sound detection software, which can infer chicken moods and behaviors through the pitch and pattern of their clucks, chirps, and alerts.
—Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 19 Oct. 2023
See All Example Sentences for cluck
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“Cluck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cluck. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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