kluck

cluck

A stupid person. Did you hear that guy's ridiculous question? Geez, what a cluck.

kluck

slang A stupid, bumbling, or foolish person; a dunce. A variant of "cluck." I know he means well, but he's a bit of a kluck, don't you think? It's such a simple process that even a kluck like me was able to figure it out!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cluck

and kluck (klək)
n. a stupid person; a person as stupid as a chicken. Why did they send me a dumb cluck to do this work? You silly kluck! Why’d you do that?

kluck

verb
See cluck
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • cluck
  • dorf
  • flit from person to person
  • hanger-on
  • pond
  • frog in a small pond
  • a big fish in a small pond
  • a big frog in a small pond
  • big fish in a small pond
  • big frog in a small pond
References in periodicals archive
A., Schumacher, J., Kluck, N., Herold, C., Schulze, T.
For example, researchers have developed ways of increasing hope intentionally (e.g., breaking goals down into small, more accomplishable chunks and focusing on one's achievements; Snyder, Lehman, Kluck, & Monsson, 2006).
House specials include Chicken 'Kluck' - charcoal grilled chicken with sauteed potatoes covered in a home made sauce, Iskender Kebab and Stuffed Aubergine.
Kluck (23) highlights the importance of family environment in decreasing eating disorders rates and body dissatisfaction among women.
[31.] Maxfield, Molly, Tom Pyszczynski, Benjamin Kluck, Cathy R.
Les 5 et 6 septembre 1914, des combats entre les troupes francaises de la 6eme armee (armee de Paris) sous les ordres du General Maunoury et celle de la premiere armee allemande commandee par le general Von Kluck ont eu lieu pour la prise du Bois du Telegraphe et de Penchard et marquent le debut de la bataille de l'ourcq, prologue a la bataille de la Marne, a laquelle participent la brigade marocaine d'environ 4.300 hommes.
Low family functioning is associated with increased disordered eating behaviors (Kluck, 2008), whereas some studies have found that high family functioning (e.g., problem-solving, high communication) is associated with lower body mass index (BMI) and unhealthy weight control behaviors in adolescents (Berge et al, 2014; Berge, Wall, Larson, Loth, & Neumark-Sztainer, 2013).
[2] ANGELO, I.; GOLO, P.; CAMARGO, M.; KLUCK, G.; FOLLY, E.; BITTENCOURT, V.
[20.] Kluck RM, Bossy-Wetzel E, Green DR, Newmeyer DD.
For her, faith matters all the time, whether the stage is big or small, said Ted Kluck, an author of books on topics ranging from Mike Tyson to the evangelical church, a professor of journalism at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, and co-host of the Happy Rant podcast.
Kluck, "Mitochondrial release of pro-apoptotic proteins: electrostatic interactions can hold cytochrome c but not Smac/DIABLO to mitochondrial membranes," The Journal of Biological Chemistry, vol.
Kluck et al., "Ordering the cytochrome c-initiated caspase cascade: hierarchical activation of caspases-2, -3, -6, -7, -8, and -10 in a caspase-9-dependent manner," Journal of Cell Biology, vol.
Laureano-Melo R, Imperio GE, da Silva-Almeida C, Kluck GE, Cruz Seara Fde A, da Rocha FF, et al.
Ademas, se han realizado estudios tanto en Estados Unidos (McNamara & Prideaux, 2011; Turton, Kluck, & Day, 2000) como en Europa (Kouchner & Dufrien, 1993; Cordell & Super, 2000; Leitner & Leitner, 2004; Gershuny, 2011, Zins, 2006; Thiene & Scarpa, 2008), principalmente paises desarrollados, sin embargo, se ha encontrado poca investigacion publicada en Latinoamerica.