From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkwōn, from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (“to make a sound, cluck”), of imitative origin.
Cognate with Scots clok, clock (“to cluck”), Dutch klokken (“to cluck”), Low German klucken (“to cluck”), German glucken (“to cluck”), Danish klukke (“to cluck”), Swedish klucka (“to cluck”), Icelandic klökkva (“to sob, whine, cluck”).
Meanings
The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
ro cloncănit (sound made by hen) · es clo (sound made by hen) · ro cotcodăcit (sound made by hen) · es cacareo (sound made by hen) · bg кудкудякане (sound made by hen) · ast cacarexu (sound made by hen) · sh цоктање (tongue click to urge on a horse) · tr gıdaklama (sound made by hen) · io kluko (sound made by hen) · el κοκό (sound made by hen) · sh кокодакање (sound made by hen) · mk кокода́ (sound made by hen) · ru куда́хтанье (sound made by hen) · vi cục cục (sound made by hen) · uk ко-ко́ (sound made by hen) · mk ва́бење (tongue click to urge on a horse) · el κακάρισμα (sound made by hen) · fi kotkotus (any similar sound) · ca escataineig (sound made by hen) · ast cacaraquíu (sound made by hen) · it chioccio (sound made by hen) · uk квок (sound made by hen) · he בק (sound made by hen) · nl gekakel (sound made by hen) · ta கொக் (sound made by hen) · gd gog gog (sound made by hen) · mk квак (sound made by hen) · ru куд-куд-куда́х (sound made by hen) · tl kurok (sound made by hen) · sv kackel (sound made by hen) · fi maiskautus (tongue click to urge on a horse) · sh kokodakanje (sound made by hen) · sh coktanje (tongue click to urge on a horse) · es cloqueo (sound made by hen) · th กุ๊ก (sound made by hen) · fr gloussement (sound made by hen) · mi ketekete (sound made by hen) · mi kotokoto (sound made by hen) · pt cacarejo (sound made by hen) · pl gdakanie (sound made by hen) · ast cacarexíu (sound made by hen) · ro cloncănit (any similar sound) · gd gag gàg (sound made by hen) · cs kvokání (sound made by hen) · hu kotkodácsolás (sound made by hen) · ro cotcodăcit (any similar sound) · de Gackern (sound made by hen) · fi kotkotus (sound made by hen) · nl klakken (tongue click to urge on a horse) · th กุ๊ก ๆ (sound made by hen)
From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkwōn, from Proto-Germanic *klukkwōną (“to make a sound, cluck”), of imitative origin.
Cognate with Scots clok, clock (“to cluck”), Dutch klokken (“to cluck”), Low German klucken (“to cluck”), German glucken (“to cluck”), Danish klukke (“to cluck”), Swedish klucka (“to cluck”), Icelandic klökkva (“to sob, whine, cluck”).
Meanings
(intransitive) To make low clicking sounds (refers to hens).
"I came across him once," he continued, "when he was playing down on the main road to Skaug; there he sat in the middle of the road with a lot of hens around him, I counted seven, and there were more round about in the wood, for I heard them clucking and calling behind every bush." 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 72:
(transitive) To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound.
My mother clucked her tongue in disapproval.
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
When she, poor hen, fond of no second brood,
Has clucked thee to the wars and safely home. c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
(UK, qualifier:drug slang) To suffer withdrawal from heroin.
sh кокодакати (to produce cluck sound) · nl klakken (to produce cluck sound) · tr gıdaklamak (to produce cluck sound) · ca cloquejar (to produce cluck sound) · nrf queûqu'ter (to produce cluck sound) · cs kvokat (to produce cluck sound) · la glocio (to produce cluck sound) · la glocito (to produce cluck sound) · io klukar (to produce cluck sound) · nrf clioutchi (to produce cluck sound) · es cloquear (to produce cluck sound) · de gackern (to produce cluck sound) · mi kotokoto (to produce cluck sound) · eo gaki (to produce cluck sound) · sh kokodakati (to produce cluck sound) · is gagga (to produce cluck sound) · nrf crocheter (to produce cluck sound) · mi ketekete (to produce cluck sound) · la glocido (to produce cluck sound) · fr glousser (to produce cluck sound) · enm clokken (to produce cluck sound) · nrf couarder (to produce cluck sound) · pl gdakać (to produce cluck sound) · nl kakelen (to produce cluck sound) · gl cacarexar (to produce cluck sound) · fi kotkottaa (to produce cluck sound) · ang cloccian (to produce cluck sound) · ast cacarexar (to produce cluck sound) · pt cacarejar (to produce cluck sound) · ru куда́хтать (to produce cluck sound) · gd gog (to produce cluck sound) · bg кудкудякам (to produce cluck sound) · ta கொக்கரி (to produce cluck sound) · sv kackla (to produce cluck sound) · el κακαρίζω (to produce cluck sound) · la gracillō (to produce cluck sound)