 cackle |
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| 1. | [ verb ] talk or utter in a cackling manner | |
| Examples: | "Hello!," the women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine. |
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| Related terms: | talk yak | |
| 2. | [ verb ] squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens | |
| Related terms: | utter gaggle | |
| 3. | [ verb ] emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing | |
| Related terms: | laugh | |
| 4. | [ noun ] noisy talk | |
| Synonyms: | chatter yack yakety-yak yak | |
| Related terms: | talk prate yack | |
| 5. | [ noun ] the sound made by a hen after laying an egg | |
| Related terms: | cry | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle | |
| Related terms: | laugh | |
| Similar spelling: |
Cakile Cagle Casale cajole Cagley caecal cackly cackel cakehole cagoule cockle |
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