hen clucks

Frequency: 6.01.2 per million words

to make a short, low sound, typical of a hen

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Examples (10)

  • I could hear the hens clucking in the farmyard.
  • The old hen would always cluck softly to her chicks.
  • A nervous hen began to cluck loudly when the dog approached.
  • She mimicked the sound of a hen clucking for the children.
  • We knew the hens were content by their gentle clucking.
  • The farmer listened to his hens clucking happily as he collected eggs.
  • If a hen clucks repeatedly, it might be about to lay an egg.
  • The clucking of the hens was a familiar sound on the farm.
  • After laying an egg, the hen clucked proudly.
  • The hens had been clucking all morning.