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cackle
[ kak-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
, cack·led, cack·ling.
- 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)
, cack·led, cack·ling.
- to utter with cackles; express by cackling:
They cackled their disapproval.
noun
- the act or sound of cackling.
- chatter; idle talk.
cackle
/ ˈkækəl /
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
- ˈcackler, noun
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Other Words From
- cackler noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cackle1
1175–1225; Middle English cakelen; cognate with Dutch kakelen, Low German kakeln, Swedish kackla
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cackle1
C13: probably from Middle Low German kākelen, of imitative origin
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Example Sentences
The biggest lesson he learned: “What does Chad want to do?” he dryly cackles, before interrupting himself.
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Instead, the album is L.A. party rap run through a buzzsaw of regret and dread and cackling humor and utterly fresh musicality.
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The 27-year-old accomplishes this as a shining beacon of joy who earns a welcome cackle from us every Saturday night.
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At one point, Ohtani snapped his head back with a high-pitched cackle, giggling with a wide smile planted on his face.
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With each taunt, the room filled with cackles from my teammates.
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