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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(chiefly Scotland, transitive) To hatch (a bird); (colloquial) to give birth to (a person)..
Poor he might be, but the creature wasn't yet clecked that might put on its airs with him, John Guthrie.
Use cleck when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cleck means (chiefly Scotland, transitive) To hatch (a bird); (colloquial) to give birth to (a person)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Poor he might be, but the creature wasn't yet clecked that might put on its airs with him, John Guthrie.
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