Sekirov Dictionary

cackle

/ˈkækəl/

noun 4
verb 4
forms 4

noun4

•
The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
- I heard a grey hen cackling among the ling; I called and thought, "If I could get a sight of you now, it would be your last cackle;" just then I heard something moving behind me on the path. — 1886
A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
•
Futile or excessively noisy talk.
- There's no time to waste on silly cackle. — 1930
•
A group of hyenas.
- A cackle of hyenas might take on one male lion, but two is one too many. — 2021

verb4

•
To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
- When every goose is cackling. — 1596
•
To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
- The witch cackled evilly.
•
To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
- It is also the business of a sensible government, not to cackle on its discoveries — 1860
•
(slang) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.
- Danny cackled the dice furiously in his cupped hand, then rolled them so they stopped inches from Slattery's hands. The result was the same as before – a seven. — 1941

forms

cackled · cackling · cackles · cackleth

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