'Cackle' definitions:
Definition of 'cackle'
From: WordNet
noun
The sound made by a hen after laying an egg
noun
noun
A loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
verb
Talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine"
verb
Squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
verb
Emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
Definition of 'Cackle'
From: GCIDE
- Cackle \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. [1913 Webster]
- When every goose is cackling. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cackle'
From: GCIDE
- Cackle \Cac"kle\, n.
- 1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg. [1913 Webster]
- By her cackle saved the state. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Idle talk; silly prattle. [1913 Webster]
- There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cackle'
From: Moby Thesaurus