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Putt vs Cluck - What's the difference?

putt | cluck |

As nouns the difference between putt and cluck

is that putt is the act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green while cluck is the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.

As verbs the difference between putt and cluck

is that putt is to lightly strike a golf ball with a putter on (or very near) a putting green while cluck is to make such a sound.

putt

English

Etymology 1

(en)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (golf) The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a putting green.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (golf) To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter on (or very near) a putting green.
  • Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic, from putt-putt

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (onomatopoeia) A regular sound characterized by the sound of "putt putt putt putt...", such as made by some slowly stroking internal combustion engines.
  • (British, motorcycling, slang) A motorcycle.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a putt sound.
  • (motorcycling, slang) To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
  • To move along slowly.
  • 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