Hen vs Cluck - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between hen and cluck

is that hen is (dialectal) to throw while cluck is to make such a sound.

As nouns the difference between hen and cluck

is that hen is a female bird while cluck is the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.

As a adverb hen

is (dialectal) hence.

hen

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) henne, heonne, hinne, from earlier henene, heonenen, henen, from (etyl) heonan, hionan, heonane, . See also (l).

Adverb

(en adverb)

(dialectal) Hence.

Etymology 2

From , or a variant of hench.

Verb

(henn)

(dialectal) To throw.

Etymology 3

From (etyl), from (etyl) henn, .

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)

A female bird.

(specifically ) A female chicken, especially one kept for its eggs.

* , title=The Mirror and the Lamp

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(slang) A woman.

(informal) The woman whose impending marriage is being celebrated at a hen night.

Derived terms

* henbane * hen harrier * hen party * henpecked * mother hen

Anagrams

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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.