Clucked vs Lucked - What's the difference?
clucked | lucked |
(cluck)
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.
To make such a sound.
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
* Shakespeare
to suffer withdrawal from heroin.
(luck)
Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
success
To succeed by chance.
To rely on luck.
To carry out relying on luck.
As verbs the difference between clucked and lucked
is that clucked is (cluck) while lucked is (luck).clucked
English
Verb
(head)cluck
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal) * (l)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- She, poor hen, fond of no second brood, / Has clucked three to the wars.
See also
* cackle English onomatopoeiaslucked
English
Verb
(head)luck
English
Noun
(-)- The raffle is just a matter of luck .
- Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.
- I couldn't believe my luck when I found a fifty dollar bill on the street.
- Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.
- He blew on the dice for luck .
- I wish you lots of luck for the exam tomorrow.
- I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck .
- He has a lot of luck with the ladies, perhaps it is because of his new motorbike.
Synonyms
* fortune (both senses)Derived terms
* bad luck * down on one's luck * good luck * luckless * lucky * lucky break * luck out * luck of the draw * luck of the Irish * luck upon * push one's luck * ride one's luck * run of bad luck * sheer luck * streak of good luckVerb
(en verb)- His plan lucked out.
- No plan. We're just to going to have to luck through.
- Our plan is to luck it through.
