Plucked vs Clucked - What's the difference?
plucked | clucked |
(pluck)
(of something with feathers, hair etc. ) Having had these items removed by plucking.
(of the strings of an instrument) Played by plucking.
Having courage and spirit; plucky.
(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.
As verbs the difference between plucked and clucked
is that plucked is (pluck) while clucked is (cluck).As an adjective plucked
is (of something with feathers, hair etc ) having had these items removed by plucking.plucked
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)clucked
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Verb
(head)cluck
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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.
