Meaning of CACKLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kakul
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- [n] a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
- [n] noisy talk
- [n] the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
- [v] emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
- [v] squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
- [v] talk or utter in a cackling manner; "Hello!," the women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine.
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| | Synonyms: | | chatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak |
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| | See Also: | | blether, chin music, cry, emit, express joy, express mirth, gaggle, idle talk, laugh, laugh, laughter, let loose, let out, mouth, prate, prattle, speak, talk, talk, talking, utter, verbalise, verbalize | |
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\Cac"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cackled} (-k'ld); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Cackling}.] [OE. cakelen; cf. LG. kakeln, D.
kakelen, G. gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf.
{Gagle}, {Cake} to cackle.]
1. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose
does.
When every goose is cackling. --Shak.
2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen
or a goose; to giggle. --Arbuthnot.
3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. --Johnson.
\Cac"kle\, n.
1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that
has laid an egg.
By her cackle saved the state. --Dryden.
2. Idle talk; silly prattle.
There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the
sermon. --Thackeray.
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| | Definition: | | Hearing a cackling sound means illness or loss. |
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| | Related Terms: | | babble, babblement, bark, bavardage, bawl, be in stitches, belch, bellow, belly laugh, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blare, blat, blather, blether, blethers, blubber, boff, boffola, boom, bray, break up, breathe, burr, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, buzz, cachinnate, cachinnation, call, caquet, caqueterie, carol, caw, chant, chat, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chitter-chatter, chortle, chuck, chuckle, clack, clang, clangor, clank, clash, clatter, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, convulsion, coo, craunch, croak, cronk, crow, crump, crunch, cuckoo, drawl, drum, exclaim, fit of laughter, flute, gab, gabble, gaggle, gales of laughter, gas, gasp, gibber, gibble-gabble, giggle, go into convulsions, gobble, gossip, grind, groan, growl, grumble, grunt, guff, guffaw, guggle, ha-ha, hearty laugh, hee-haw, hee-hee, hilarity, hiss, ho-ho, Homeric laughter, honk, hoo, hoot, horselaugh, hot air, idle talk, jabber, jangle, jar, keen, laugh, laugh it up, laugh outright, laughing, laughter, lilt, mere talk, mumble, murmur, mutter, natter, nearly die laughing, nonsense talk, outburst of laughter, palaver, pant, peal of laughter, peep, pip, pipe, prate, prating, prattle, prittle-prattle, quack, rasp, risibility, roar, roar of laughter, roar with laughter, roll, rumble, scold, scranch, scrape, scratch, scream, screech, scrunch, shake like jelly, shake with laughter, shout, shout of laughter, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, snicker, snigger, snore, snort, sob, split, split with laughter, squall, squawk, squeal, talkee-talkee, tee-hee, thunder, titter, tittle-tattle, trill, trumpet, twaddle, twang, twattle, tweet, twit, twitter, wail, warble, whine, whisper, whistle, yak, yakkety-yak, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yuck, yuk-yuk |
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