cackle
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əl verb (used without object)
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.
verb (used with object)
4.
to utter with cackles; express by cackling: They cackled their disapproval.
noun
5.
the act or sound of cackling.
6.
chatter; idle talk.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English cakelen; cognate with Dutch kakelen, Low German kakeln, Swedish kackla
1175–1225; Middle English cakelen; cognate with Dutch kakelen, Low German kakeln, Swedish kackla
Related forms
cack·ler, noun
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cackle (ˈkækəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) (esp of a hen) to squawk with shrill notes |
| 2. | (intr) to laugh or chatter raucously |
| 3. | (tr) to utter in a cackling manner |
| —n | |
| 4. | the noise or act of cackling |
| 5. | noisy chatter |
| 6. | informal cut the cackle to stop chattering; be quiet |
| [C13: probably from Middle Low German kākelen, of imitative origin] | |
| 'cackler | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
cackle
early 13c., imitative (see cachinnation).; perhaps partly based on M.Du. kake "jaw." As a noun, from 1670s. Cackleberries, slang for "eggs" is first recorded 1880.
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Example sentences
There are times when a cackle of demoniac laughter is the sole salvation of sanity.
It makes a sort of cackle, with a series of clacking sounds.
Mingling glee with gloom, cackle with shriek, they have predicted the end of the firm itself.
Listen for a rooster pheasant cackle or insects buzzing.
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