cackle
[ kak-uh l ]
/ ˈkæk əl /
verb (used without object), cack·led, cack·ling.
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), cack·led, cack·ling.
to utter with cackles; express by cackling: They cackled their disapproval.
noun
the act or sound of cackling.
chatter; idle talk.
Origin of cackle
1175–1225; Middle English
cakelen; cognate with Dutch
kakelen, Low German
kakeln, Swedish
kackla
OTHER WORDS FROM cackle
cack·ler, nounWords nearby cackle
cacique,
caciquism,
cack,
cack-handed,
cackermander,
cackle,
cackleberry,
cacky,
caco-,
cacodemon,
cacodyl
Example sentences from the Web for cackle
British Dictionary definitions for cackle
cackle
/ (ˈkækəl) /
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
Derived forms of cackle
cackler, nounWord Origin for cackle
C13: probably from Middle Low German
kākelen, of imitative origin