2cluck verb
clucks; clucked; cluck·ing 1 [no obj] of a chicken : to make a low sound
▪ The hen clucked at her chicks. 2 : to make a low sound with the tongue [no obj] ▪ The driver clucked at the horses to get them moving. ▪ She clucked in sympathy/disappointment. [+ obj] ▪ He clucked his tongue. 3 [no obj] informal : to talk about something in an excited and often disapproving way
▪ Commentators have been clucking over/about his lack of experience.
▪ The hen clucked at her chicks.
▪ Commentators have been clucking over/about his lack of experience.
— clucking noun [noncount]
▪ the clucking of chickens in the coop
▪ the clucking of chickens in the coop
