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cluck (v.)
[cluck 词源字典]
Old English
cloccian
originally echoic. Compare Turkish
culuk
, one of the words for "turkey;" Greek
klozein
, Latin
glocire
, German
glucken
. Related:
Clucked
;
clucking
.
[cluck etymology, cluck origin, 英语词源]
cluck (n.)
1703, "sound made by a hen," from
cluck
(v.). Slang meaning "stupid person" (turkeys are famously foolish) is from 1927.