clucking

4 definitions • 3 examples

present participle of

to make the low, interrupted noise that a chicken makes

to express disapproval or other emotion by making a short, sharp sound with your tongue:

cluck in to cluck in disapproval/amazement

She shakes her head, smiles, and clucks her tongue.

to express an unnecessary amount of sympathy, worry, or approval towards someone:

cluck over The attendants clucked and fussed over passengers.