cackle

v., -led, -ling, -les.

v.intr.

1. To make the shrill cry characteristic of a hen after laying an egg.
2. To laugh or talk in a shrill manner.

v.tr.

To utter in cackles: cackled a sarcastic reply.

n.

1. The act or sound of cackling.
2. Shrill laughter.
3. Foolish chatter.

[Middle English cakelen, probably from Middle Low German kākeln, of imitative origin.]

cackler cack'ler n.

verb

To express amusement, mirth, or scorn by smiling and emitting loud, inarticulate sounds: cachinnate, guffaw, laugh. Informal heehaw. Idioms: die laughing, laugh one's head off, roll in the aisles, split one's sides. See laughter, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

noun

An act of laughing: cachinnation, guffaw, laugh, laughter. Informal heehaw. See laughter, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the sound made by a hen after laying an egg

Meaning #2: noisy talk
  Synonyms: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter

Meaning #3: a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle

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The verb cackle has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: talk or utter in a cackling manner

Meaning #2: squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens

Meaning #3: emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - skvaldre, skræppe op, kagle
v. tr. - kagle, grine
n. - kaglen

Nederlands (Dutch)
kakelen, giechelen, opscheppen, kakelgeluid, giechel, geklets

Français (French)
v. intr. - caqueter, ricaner
v. tr. - caqueter, ricaner
n. - caquet

Deutsch (German)
v. - gackern
n. - Gelächter, Gegacker

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κακαρίζω, χαχανίζω, φλυαρώ, μωρολογώ

Italiano (Italian)
schiamazzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cacarejar, tagarelar, gargalhar

Русский (Russian)
кудахтать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - emitir cacareos o cloqueos
v. tr. - cacarear, cloquear
n. - cacareo, cloqueo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kackla, babbla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
咯咯叫, 喋喋不休, 咯咯笑, 格格笑着表示, 喋喋不休地说, 咯咯声, 饶舌, 高声笑

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 咯咯叫, 喋喋不休, 咯咯笑
v. tr. - 格格笑著表示, 喋喋不休地說
n. - 咯咯聲, 饒舌, 高聲笑

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 꽥꽥 하고 울다, 깔깔대다
v. tr. - 꽥꽥 하고 울다, 깔깔대다
n. - 꽥꽥 우는 소리, 수다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - クワックワッと鳴く, かん高い声で笑う
n. - コッコッと鳴く声, かん高い笑い声

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يضحك بصوت يشبه الدجاج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮פטפט, צחקק, קרקר‬
v. tr. - ‮הביע בחיוך‬
n. - ‮קרקור, צחוק רם, פטפוט בקול רם‬

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