Neigh vs Cluck - What's the difference?
neigh | cluck |
(of a horse) to make its cry
to make a sound similar to a horses' cry
(obsolete) To scoff or sneer.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
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.
As nouns the difference between neigh and cluck
is that neigh is the cry of a horse while cluck is the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.As verbs the difference between neigh and cluck
is that neigh is (of a horse) to make its cry while cluck is to make such a sound.neigh
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Verb
(en verb)- This fake laughter sounds like a horse neighing .
- neighed at his nakedness
See also
* whinny * nickercluck
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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.