Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To hatch; litter.
  • noun The noise made by a brooding hen when provoked; a cluck.

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  • verb To hatch (of birds); colloquially, of people, to be born.

Etymologies

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From Scots cleck, from Old Norse klekja.

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Examples

  • What was wrong here is that a cleck was applying a non-existant criteria to accepting ballots.

    Franken Camp: Coleman Is Desperate, Knows He's Going To Lose 2009

  • As for the rest of you – you are excited pixels on a screen and will disapear when I cleck metaphorical “next” button…

    Reader Request Week 2007 #4: The Inevitable Blackness That Will Engulf Us All « Whatever 2007

  • After informing the cleck-type at the counter that we wanted to see a certain officer, let's call him Zainal Abidin, because that's his name - we settled down to wait for two hours while said officer was being summoned from his inner sanctum, only to be informed after two hours that he was not in.

    Of coffee-breaks and sloths. naddywoman 2006

  • Ask your cleck, Sir Ralph, if I have not spoken correct.

    John Halifax, Gentleman 1897

  • Paul groaned, and made no answer; but even the creaking of the timbers could not disguise the repeated cleck-cleck-cleck, as the brandy from the bottle gurgled down his throat.

    The King's Own Frederick Marryat 1820

  • As i mentioned in my scenario, whn i will cleck on button2 it shud also validate button1 validation group.

    eggheadcafe.com articles 2010

  • While you're in the store cleck the lucky board for your letter to receive other cute prizes!

    unknown title 2009

  • Its a big picture of sindee and little pictures under the big, you have to cleck on them.

    Blogger News Network 2009

  • Rob cleck wrote: that type of love and heart is rare ...

    Blog updates 2008

  • Click on start > run > type in "msconfig" under general put a check mark next to selective startup, on the top right click on services at the bottom there is a ok button just above it there is an option called Hide all microsoft services put a check mark next to it and then cleck on disable all and click on apply at the botton right. after that again on the top right click on startup click on startup and click on disable all and click on apply on the botton right and click on close it will ask U to restart the computer so click on restart.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

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  • See also clecker.

    February 25, 2024