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cackle
[ kak-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
cackled, cackling.
- to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.
- to laugh in a shrill, broken manner.
- to chatter noisily; prattle.
verb (used with object)
cackled, cackling.
- to utter with cackles; express by cackling:
They cackled their disapproval.
noun
- the act or sound of cackling.
- chatter; idle talk.
cackle
/ ˈæə /
verb
- intr (esp of a hen) to squawk with shrill notes
- intr to laugh or chatter raucously
- tr to utter in a cackling manner
noun
- the noise or act of cackling
- noisy chatter
- cut the cackle informal.to stop chattering; be quiet
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Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cackle1
1175–1225; Middle English cakelen; cognate with Dutch kakelen, Low German kakeln, Swedish kackla
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cackle1
C13: probably from Middle Low German , of imitative origin
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Example Sentences
This invective is delivered with a sneer, a wink, and finally a cackle of laughter.
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“I got out of drama school with a s—load of debt,” he says, erupting in another cackle.
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And if you can be cackling laughing without a full set twirling in automation, that proves that the bones of the play are solid.
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And then, at Pansy’s most vulnerable moment, someone cackled, “Ha ha!”
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The barely audible cackle of candle kept me company in a stark warehouse room, a setting that felt illicit while the small flame’s fragility reminded me that I needed to make a decision.
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