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cleck

1

/ klɛk /

verb

  1. (of birds) to hatch
  2. to lay or hatch (a plot or scheme)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


cleck

2

/ klɛk /

verb

  1. introften foll byon to gossip (about); tell (on)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. often plural a piece of gossip
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈclecky, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cleck1

C15: from Old Norse klekja

Origin of cleck2

from Welsh, from clecan to gossip, and clec gossip
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Example Sentences

Cleck, klek, v.t. to hatch.—n.

She was cocksure the two small arms only just covered it, because unless one cheated and pushed her elbow over the edge, your middle fingers wouldn't jam and go cleck—like this....

O. N. klekking, chicken, but probably Sco. formation from cleck, to hatch, q.v.

Some thought it was afflicted with a tympathy, and others, that it was the natural way for such-like ducks to cleck their young.

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