clucking

/klʌkɪŋ/
adjective
  1. Making a clucking sound, like a chicken.
    • A clucking sound came from the coop every morning.
    • The clucking hen sat on her nest of eggs.
    • The children laughed at the clucking noises the toy made.
noun
  1. The sound that a chicken makes.
    • The clucking stopped when the farmer threw out some grain.
    • The hen's clucking could be heard across the farmyard.
    • We woke up to the soft clucking of chickens outside the window.
  2. A similar sound made by a person, often to express disapproval or annoyance.
    • The old man's clucking showed he was not happy with the noise.
    • I heard a clucking from the back of the room as the speaker made a mistake.
    • She gave a disapproving clucking of her tongue when she saw the mess.
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