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cackle

[ kak-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

cackled, cackling.
  1. to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.
  2. to laugh in a shrill, broken manner.
  3. to chatter noisily; prattle.


verb (used with object)

cackled, cackling.
  1. to utter with cackles; express by cackling:

    They cackled their disapproval.

noun

  1. the act or sound of cackling.
  2. chatter; idle talk.

cackle

/ ˈæə /

verb

  1. intr (esp of a hen) to squawk with shrill notes
  2. intr to laugh or chatter raucously
  3. tr to utter in a cackling manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the noise or act of cackling
  2. noisy chatter
  3. cut the cackle informal.
    to stop chattering; be quiet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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