Cackle

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ækÉ™l

Full definition of cackle

Noun

1. The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg
2. A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
• ShakespeareWhen every goose is cackling.
2. (intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 2, She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, …; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, â€¦—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
3. The witch cackled evilly.
4. (intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.

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