Cackle Definition

kăkəl
cackled, cackles, cackling
verb
cackled, cackles, cackling
To make the shrill, broken vocal sounds of a hen.
Webster's New World
To utter in a cackling manner.
Webster's New World
To laugh or chatter with similar sounds.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
cackles
The act or sound of cackling.
Webster's New World
Cackling laughter.
Webster's New World
Idle or silly chatter.
Webster's New World

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
cut the cackle
  • to stop talking and settle down to serious efforts
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cackle

Noun

Singular:
cackle
Plural:
cackles

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cackle

  • cut the cackle

Origin of Cackle

  • Middle English cakelen probably from Middle Low German kākeln of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cackle Sentence Examples

  • He has stopped Austria's cackle and I fear it will be our turn next.

  • Both pick up the book at the same time, and see who slams it down first with an evil cackle.

  • From the room I could hear the sounds of someone laughing; laughing with a maniacal cackle.

  • With a mad cackle she asked me to repeat the order " for the till this time dear " .

  • I will not cackle and threaten to start an unstoppable chain reaction that will split the earth in two.

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ELEKLE

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