Woof vs Cluck - What's the difference?
woof | cluck |
the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle.
A fabric; the texture of a fabric.
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(marketing) Well Off Older Folks
(agriculture) Work on organic farm
English onomatopoeias
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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 woof and cluck
is that woof is the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle or woof can be the sound a dog makes when barking while cluck is the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.As verbs the difference between woof and cluck
is that woof is to make a woofing sound while cluck is to make such a sound.As an interjection woof
is (humorous) expression of strong physical attraction for someone.As an acronym woof
is (marketing) well off older folks.woof
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) oof, owf, from (etyl) , from Proto-Germanic *webanan'' (to weave), from Proto-Indo-European ''*webh-''/''*wobh- (to weave, to lace together).Noun
(en noun)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=O'er her fine waist the purfled woof descends; }}
Synonyms
* (crosswise thread or yarn) weftEtymology 2
Onomatopoeic.Coordinate terms
* (sound of a dog) bark, bow wow, growl, howl, snarl, whimper, whine, yap, yelp, yipEtymology 3
Acronym
(Acronym) (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.