Cackle
['kæk(ə)l] or ['kækl]
Definition
(noun.) a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle.
(noun.) the sound made by a hen after laying an egg.
(verb.) emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing.
(verb.) squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens.
(verb.) talk or utter in a cackling manner; 'The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine'.
Typist: Rosa--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
(v. i.) To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
(v. i.) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
(n.) The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
(n.) Idle talk; silly prattle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Laugh (with a sound like the cackling of a goose), GIGGLE, TITTER, SNICKER.[2]. Prate, prattle, babble, chatter, palaver, talk idly, talk nonsense.
n. Prattle, prate, twaddle, idle talk, small talk.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CACHINNATION]
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Definition
n. the sound made by a hen or goose.—v.i. to make such a sound.—ns. Cack′ler a fowl that cackles: a talkative gossiping person; Cack′ling noise of a goose or hen.
Editor: Warren
Unserious Contents or Definition
To hear the cackling of hens denotes a sudden shock produced by the news of an unexpected death in your neighborhood, Sickness will cause poverty.
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Examples
- What old woman's cackle is that? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But men don't talk in this way, Ann: it's only women, who get together and hiss, and shriek, and cackle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They giggled, cackled, tattled, condoled, consoled, and patronized her until they drove her almost wild with rage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But they interrupt every dream, every pleasant train of thought, with their tiresome cackling. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typist: Lottie