CACKLE Definition & Meaning

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cackle

[ kak-uhl ]

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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

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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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cackle¹

1175–1225; Middle English cakelen; cognate with Dutch kakelen, Low German kakeln, Swedish kackla

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�y��vlog 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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