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clucks one's tongue

clucks one's tongue is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cluck one's tongue.

Meaning of cluck one's tongue

Verb

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

  1. To click one's tongue.
    • The spring had got into his blood, too; he felt the need for letting steam escape, and clucked his tongue, flourishing his whip, wheeling his horses […]1906, John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga, Volume I, Chapter

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What is clucks one's tongue the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Clucks one's tongue is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cluck one's tongue.

Words near clucks one's tongue in the dictionary

  1. cluckiest
  2. clucking
  3. clucking one's tongue
  4. cluckings
  5. clucks
  6. clucks one's tongue
  7. cluckt
  8. clucky
  9. cludge
  10. cludged
  11. cludges

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