cack·le
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l] Pronunciation Key verb, -led, -ling, noun
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Audio Help [kak-uh
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| 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. |
| 4. | to utter with cackles; express by cackling: They cackled their disapproval. |
| 5. | the act or sound of cackling. |
| 6. | chatter; idle talk. |
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME cakelen; c. D kakelen, LG kakeln, Sw kackla
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cackler, noun
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Cackled
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v. cack·led, cack·ling, cack·les v. intr.
v. tr. To utter in cackles: cackled a sarcastic reply. n.
[Middle English cakelen, probably from Middle Low German kākeln, of imitative origin.] cack'ler n. |
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