different between cluck vs ribbit

English

Alternative forms

• clutch (dialectal)
• clock

Etymology

From Middle English clokken, clocken, from Old English cloccian (“to cluck, make a noise”), from Proto-Germanic *klukkw?n? (“to make a sound, cluck”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Scots clok, clock (“to cluck”), Dutch klokken (“to cluck”), Low German klucken (“to cluck”), German glucken (“to cluck”), Danish klukke (“to cluck”), Swedish klucka (“to cluck”), Icelandic klökkva (“to sob, whine, cluck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

cluck (plural clucks)

1. The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
2. Any sound similar to this.
3. A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.

Translations

Verb

cluck (third-person singular simple present clucks, present participle clucking, simple past and past participle clucked)

1. (intransitive) To make such a sound.
2. (transitive) To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound.

   My mother clucked her tongue in disapproval.

3. To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
4. (Britain, drug slang) to suffer withdrawal from heroin.

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See also

• cackle

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b?t/, /???b?t/
• Rhymes: -?b?t

Interjection

ribbit

1. (onomatopoeia) The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.

   The students fell momentarily silent while he finished writing on the board. Then, "Ribbit!"

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Noun

ribbit (plural ribbits)

1. The vocal sound made by a frog or toad.

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Verb

ribbit (third-person singular simple present ribbits, present participle ribbiting or ribbitting, simple past and past participle ribbited or ribbitted)

1. (intransitive) To make the sound of a frog or toad.

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References

• Songs of the Frog