pruck
(onomatopoeia, countable) A soft staccato noise.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(onomatopoeia, countable) A soft staccato noise.
The egg drops out of the ovary, is pressed down the tubes toward the uterus. The sound is pruck pruck pruck pruck.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(Irish, uncountable) A collection of items that are attractive but useless.
“Pruck! Pruck!” clucked Mama Nsoso. “We will work tomorrow. Today we will peck and gobble big fat worms.”
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