| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To cackle, chuckle or chortle. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To gobble.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Present participle conjugation of the verb cluck.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (cluck) |
1. Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens.[Wordnet]. 2. To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.[Websters]. 3. To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: clucking, clucked, clucks, clucker, cluckers, cluckingly and cluckedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun | 1. The sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks).[Wordnet] 2. The noise or call of a brooding hen.[Websters]. | |
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Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Date "Clucking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Uttering the voice of a sitting hen; calling chickens.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] That clucks or cluck. clucking chickens. (references) | ||
| 2: [Noun] The action of the verb to cluck. (references) | |||
| 3: [Verb] Present participle of cluck. (references) | |||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: CLUCKING | ||||
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| Clucking Blossom | 3 | Clucking Blossom | 3 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | قَوْقَأَة (cackle, cackled, cackles, cackling, cluck). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | قَوْقَأَة (cackle, cackled, cackles, cackling, cluck). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | قَوْقَأَة (cackle, cackled, cackles, cackling, cluck). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Basque | kakaraka (cackling, clucking). Additional references: Basque, Spain, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | kdákání (cackle, cackling, cluck, clucking, squawk). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bourbonnais | clocher (to chortle, chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling). Additional references: Bourbonnais, France, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bourguignon | cloquer (to chortle, chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling). Additional references: Bourguignon, France, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | cacarejo (cackle, cluck, clucking, boast, brag), cacarejar (cackle, chuckle, cluck, boast, brag), clucking (clucking). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | klukkende lyd (clucking sound, gurgling rale). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | kdákání (cackle, cackling, cluck, clucking, squawk). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Champenois | codaquer (to chortle, chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling). Additional references: Champenois, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 咯咯的叫声 (cluck, clucking). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 咯咯的叫聲 (cluck, clucking). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corse | crucculà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle), cruccà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle), ciucciulà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsi | crucculà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle), cruccà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle), ciucciulà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsican | crucculà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle), cruccà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle), ciucciulà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corso | crucculà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle), cruccà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle), ciucciulà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsu | crucculà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle), cruccà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle), ciucciulà (chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling, to chortle). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | kdákání (cackle, cackling, cluck, clucking, squawk). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | klukkende lyd (clucking sound, gurgling rale). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | klukkende lyd (clucking sound, gurgling rale). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | lockend (curling, enticing, clucking, wooing, attracting), Hühnergegacker (clucking), Gegacker (cackle, clucking), die Glucke (clucking hen). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | geklok (gobble, gurgle, clucking, clucking sound, goggling), hengeklok (clucking), bruit de glouglou (clucking sound). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Euskera | kakaraka (cackling, clucking). Additional references: Euskera, Spain, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | gloussement (chortle, chuckle, cluck, clucking, cackle), glousser (chuckle, chortle, cluck, chuck, gurgle), montage par collage (glue clucking), bruit de glouglou (clucking sound). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | gloussement (chortle, chuckle, cluck, clucking, cackle), glousser (chuckle, chortle, cluck, chuck, gurgle), montage par collage (glue clucking), bruit de glouglou (clucking sound). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gaelg | scoylgernee (chirp, cluck, clucking), gulgarnee (clucking), glockal (clucking). Additional references: Gaelg, United Kingdom, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gailck | scoylgernee (chirp, cluck, clucking), gulgarnee (clucking), glockal (clucking). Additional references: Gailck, United Kingdom, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | lockend (curling, enticing, clucking, wooing, attracting), Hühnergegacker (clucking), Gegacker (cackle, clucking), die Glucke (clucking hen). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | γλουγλουκισμός σε υδροθώρακα (clucking sound). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | gloigloikismos se idhrothoraka (clucking sound). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | قَوْقَأَة (cackle, cackled, cackles, cackling, cluck). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | lockend (curling, enticing, clucking, wooing, attracting), Hühnergegacker (clucking), Gegacker (cackle, clucking), die Glucke (clucking hen). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | lockend (curling, enticing, clucking, wooing, attracting), Hühnergegacker (clucking), Gegacker (cackle, clucking), die Glucke (clucking hen). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | kotyogó (clucking), kotyogás (blatter, cluck, blat, hammering, ping), kotkodácsolás (cackle, chatter, cluck, clucking). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | chioccio (jangling, cackle, cluck, clucking, harsh), chioccia (broody hen, brooder, hen, brood hen, clocking hen). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lietuvi | perekšlë (clucking hen, sitter). Additional references: Lietuvi, Lithuania, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Litauische | perekšlë (clucking hen, sitter). Additional references: Litauische, Lithuania, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Litewski | perekšlë (clucking hen, sitter). Additional references: Litewski, Lithuania, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lithuanian | perekšlë (clucking hen, sitter). Additional references: Lithuanian, Lithuania, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Litovskiy | perekšlë (clucking hen, sitter). Additional references: Litovskiy, Lithuania, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Liutuviskai | perekšlë (clucking hen, sitter). Additional references: Liutuviskai, Lithuania, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lorrain | codasser (shout, scream, bleat, cry out, neigh). Additional references: Lorrain, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | kotyogó (clucking), kotyogás (blatter, cluck, blat, hammering, ping), kotkodácsolás (cackle, chatter, cluck, clucking). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Manx | scoylgernee (chirp, cluck, clucking), gulgarnee (clucking), glockal (clucking). Additional references: Manx, United Kingdom, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Manx Gaelic | scoylgernee (chirp, cluck, clucking), gulgarnee (clucking), glockal (clucking). Additional references: Manx Gaelic, United Kingdom, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Patois of Sorcy-Bauthémont | cloquer (to chortle, chuck, clucking, gobble, gurgling). Additional references: Patois of Sorcy-Bauthémont, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | cacarejo (cackle, cluck, clucking, boast, brag), cacarejar (cackle, cluck, chuckle, boast, brag), clucking (clucking). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | kluckande (cluck, clucking, goggling, lap), kacklande (cackle, clucking, gaggle), gurglande (gargling, clucking, gurgle). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Scots Gaelic | gloc (as of a hen, clucking, cackle, chuck, swallow greedily), gugail (clucking of poultry). Additional references: Scots Gaelic, United Kingdom, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | klukkende lyd (clucking sound, gurgling rale). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | cloqueo (cluck, cackle, chuck, chuckle, clucking), cloquear (cackle, cluck, chuck, chuckle, clucking), ruido de cloqueo (clucking sound). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | kluckande (cluck, clucking, goggling, lap), kacklande (cackle, clucking, gaggle), gurglande (gargling, clucking, gurgle). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | kluckande (cluck, clucking, goggling, lap), kacklande (cackle, clucking, gaggle), gurglande (gargling, clucking, gurgle). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | cork tavuk (clucking hen), kuluçka tavuk (clucking hen). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Vascuense | kakaraka (cackling, clucking). Additional references: Vascuense, Spain, clucking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “clucking” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | uckingclay (clucking). Additional references: Pig Latin, clucking. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | cloccenr (clucking). Additional references: Terran B, clucking. (volunteer) | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
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