Read full poem →All round the yard it is cluck, my brown hen,
Cluck, and the rain-wet wings,
Dictionary Entry
The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “cluck”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →With wary half-closed eyes;
The cock has ceased to crow, the hen to cluck:
Only the fox is out, some heedless duck
Read full poem →All round the yard it is cluck, my brown hen,
Cluck, and the rain-wet wings,