Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cluck one's tongue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables: cluck- one's -tongue
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To click one's tongue.

Example Sentences

"The spring had got into his blood, too; he felt the need for letting steam escape, and clucked his tongue, flourishing his whip, wheeling his horses […]"
"I went out and had a chat with the foreman of the men; he clucked his tongue when he heard what had happened, and opined that I was lucky to have come off so lightly with nobody there to help me out of the machine."
"“To think a man like Mr. Tucker would do something like that!”" She went out, clucking her tongue in exaggerated dismay."
"“But newspapers have a duty to truth,” Van said. Lev clucked his tongue. “They tell the truth only as the exception. […]”"

Inflected Forms

clucks one's tongue (present, singular) clucking one's tongue (participle, present) clucked one's tongue (participle, past) clucked one's tongue (past)

Questions

What does cluck one's tongue mean?: To click one's tongue.

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