clucking
What chickens do
Clucking is the short, repetitive sound a hen makes, especially when brooding or calling chicks.
The word extends to any similar sound: the clucking of tongues.
To cluck over someone is to fuss disapprovingly or with excessive concern: My mother was clucking over my messy apartment.
A clucking sound made with the tongue expresses disapproval or sympathy.
Hatchlings as a group
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- peckingJabbing with beak
- roostBird's sleeping spot
feathers · poultry · chickens · coop · flock · beak · scratch · forage
Harsh, shrill laugh
- squawkHarsh grating bird cry
- gobbleEat fast and greedily
- quackFake healer or fowl noise
- chirpShort, high avian sound
peep · crow · clatter · chattering · warble · trill · vocalization · call
Express sharp disapproval
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- scoldRebuke harshly
- admonishReprove with counsel
- chideRebuke mildly
reproach · faultfinding · nitpick · tut-tut · fuss · nag · tutting · headshaking
brood
Hatchlings as a group
roost · feathers · poultry · chickens · coop · flock · beak · scratch · forage · pullet
cackle
Harsh, shrill laugh
chirp · peep · crow · clatter · chattering · warble · trill · vocalization · call · cheep
rebuke
Express sharp disapproval
chide · reproach · faultfinding · nitpick · tut-tut · fuss · nag · tutting · headshaking · tsking
cozy
Warm and snug
comfort · warmth · gentle · tenderness · mothering · crooning · murmuring · calming · hushing · lulling
taunt
Insulting provocation
contempt · disdain · tease · sneer · mimicry · imitation · mocking · impersonation · parrot · aping
- farm animal traitswoolly, spotted, hooved, horned, feathered
- animal signalsbody language, bird songs, tail wagging, mating calls, whale song
- animal soundsbark, meow, woof, moo, roar
- bird soundschirp, birdcall, tweet, bird songs, cheep
- bird traitsfeathered, plumed, plumage, plumaged, beaky
- disapprovaldisapproval, scowl, disapprove, disapproves, frown