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Cluck vs Gibber - What's the difference?

cluck | gibber |

As nouns the difference between cluck and gibber

is that cluck is the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks while gibber is gibberish, unintelligible speech or gibber can be a boulder, a stone or gibber can be a balky horse.

As verbs the difference between cluck and gibber

is that cluck is to make such a sound while gibber is to jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.

cluck

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (dialectal) * (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
  • Any sound similar to this.
  • A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make such a sound.
  • To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
  • * Shakespeare
  • She, poor hen, fond of no second brood, / Has clucked three to the wars.
  • to suffer withdrawal from heroin.
  • See also

    * cackle English onomatopoeias

    gibber

    English

    Etymology 1

    Uncertain; see gibberish.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Gibberish, unintelligible speech.
  • Verb

  • To jabber, talk rapidly and unintelligibly or incoherently.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A boulder, a stone.
  • See also
    * reg, desert pavement

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A balky horse.
  • (Youatt)
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