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clucky

adj

Etymology

From cluck + -y, because broody hens usually cluck loudly and continuously if disturbed.

  1. inherited from *klukkwōną✻ — “to make a sound, cluck”
  2. inherited from *klukkwōn✻
  3. inherited from cloccian
  4. inherited from clokken
  5. suffixed as clucky — “cluck + y”

Definitions

  1. Broody.

  2. Prone to cluck.

  3. Resembling or characteristic of a cluck.

    • a clucky sound

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA