Meaning & use
Clucking
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Making the short, sharp, repeated sound characteristic of a hen, or fussing anxiously over something in a similar manner.
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The hens went on clucking loudly whenever a stranger approached the coop.
Her mother stood in the doorway, clucking with disapproval at the mess in the kitchen.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense of "clucking" over someone, meaning to fuss or express mild disapproval, draws directly on the image of a mother hen worrying over her chicks.
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