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- Dictionarycackle/ˈkakl/
verb
- 1. laugh in a loud, harsh way: "she cackled with laughter" Similar
noun
- 1. a loud, harsh laugh: "her delighted cackle"
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CACKLE definition: 1. to make the loud, unpleasant sound of a chicken: 2. to laugh in a loud, high voice: 3. to make…. Learn more.
To cackle is to laugh in a loud, harsh way. Your dad's jokes might be so bad that they're funny, making you cackle every time. When you cackle, people hear you — it's annoying to sit in an otherwise quiet restaurant beside a table of people who talk and cackle raucously.
1. : to make the sharp broken noise or cry characteristic of a hen especially after laying. 2. : to laugh especially in a harsh or sharp manner. Shakespeare's crones cackled of evil deeds Scott McMurray. 3. : chatter. cackle noun. cackler. ˈka-k (ə-)lər. noun. Synonyms. babble. blab. chaffer [British] chatter. chin [slang] converse. gabble. gas.
verb. If someone cackles, they laugh in a loud unpleasant way, often at something bad that happens to someone else. She cackled, pleased to have produced so dramatic a reaction. [VERB] Newington threw his head back and cackled with laughter. [VERB with noun] [Also V with quote, V at n] Cackle is also a noun. He let out a brief cackle.
Cackle definition: to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.. See examples of CACKLE used in a sentence.
Definition of cackle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.] cack′ler n.
Cackle Definition. To make the shrill, broken vocal sounds of a hen. To utter in a cackling manner. To laugh or chatter with similar sounds. The act or sound of cackling. Cackling laughter. Idle or silly chatter. The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
cackle meaning, definition, what is cackle: to laugh in a loud unpleasant way, makin...: Learn more.
cackle. (kækəl ) Word forms: cackles, cackling, cackled. intransitive verb. If someone cackles, they laugh in a loud unpleasant way, often at something bad that happens to someone else. She cackled, pleased to have produced so dramatic a reaction. More Synonyms of cackle. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
