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gluck¹

  • /ɡlʌk/

Rhymes with -ʌk

Where it comes from

Imitative; compare glug.

verb glucks · glucking · glucked

  1. ambitransitive To flow or cause to flow in a noisy series of spurts, as when liquid is emptied through the narrow neck of a bottle. But so long as the water kept flopping and glucking aside me, I was right.

noun glucks

  1. A glug; a noisy flowing.

Gluck²

Where it comes from

From the German surname Glück and Jewish surname (Yiddish גליק (glik)), both nouns meaning "luck." Compare Glick, Glueck.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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"gluck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gluck. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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gluck. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gluck

Chicago

"gluck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gluck.

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@misc{gluck_2026,
  title = {gluck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gluck},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}