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
Her 8-year-old daughter, wearing pigtails, sucked on a lollipop as the clucks of chickens cut through the quiet of the neighborhood.
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In Georgia, agriculture is a $83.6 billion industry that supports more than 323,000 jobs, according to the Georgia Farm Bureau.
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Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2024
So what makes the fried chicken served at a grocery store, no-frills eatery and a couple of high-end restaurants a cluck above the rest?
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024
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.
—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
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Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2024
So what makes the fried chicken served at a grocery store, no-frills eatery and a couple of high-end restaurants a cluck above the rest?
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2024
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.
—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
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 22 Apr. 2025.
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