cluckings
Poultry vocal expressions
Cluckings are the short, low sounds a hen makes, or sounds resembling them.
The word often describes fussy, disapproving noises people make: the cluckings of concerned neighbors, She ignored her mother's cluckings about the mess.
Harsh, staccato laughter
- squawkingLoud harsh crying
- chirpingHigh repeated animal calls
- peepingLooking through cracks
- cooingSoft murmuring sounds
trilling · crooning · warbling · chattering · murmuring · babbling · tutting · chortling
Clicking tongue disapprovingly
- scoldingHarsh verbal criticism
- chidingVoicing mild disapproval
- admonishingExpressing disapproval firmly
- reproachingBlaming with disappointment
criticizing · nagging · fussing · complaining · grumbling · tsking · muttering · rebuking
Supportive care-giving
- broodyGloomily introspective
- protectiveServing to guard
- maternalOf or like mothers
- fussingAnxious, trivial agitation
doting · hovering · attentive · watchful · caring · coddling · smothering · fretting
Never pausing or stopping
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- recurringHappening repeatedly over time
- continuousWithout pause or gap
rhythmic · monotonous · unceasing · steady · habitual · endless · repetitious
cackling
Harsh, staccato laughter
cooing · trilling · crooning · warbling · chattering · murmuring · babbling · tutting · chortling · burbling
hens
Female chickens
roost · eggs · feathers · poultry · flock · coop · nest · scratch · feed · beak
tutting
Clicking tongue disapprovingly
- scoldingHarsh verbal criticism
- chidingVoicing mild disapproval
- admonishingExpressing disapproval firmly
reproaching · criticizing · nagging · fussing · complaining · grumbling · tsking · muttering · rebuking · harrumphing
nurturing
Supportive care-giving
- broodyGloomily introspective
- protectiveServing to guard
- maternalOf or like mothers
fussing · doting · hovering · attentive · watchful · caring · coddling · smothering · fretting · concerned
incessant
Never pausing or stopping
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- recurringHappening repeatedly over time
continuous · rhythmic · monotonous · unceasing · steady · habitual · endless · repetitious
cluckingscrowings
Rooster vocalizations
cock-a-doodle-doos · gobbles · crows · quackings · honkings
cluckingsroarings
Prolonged loud animal sounds
bellowings · howlings · silences · crowings · thunderings