Definitions for cackle
ˈkæk əlcack·le

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cacklenoun

   the sound made by a hen after laying an egg

2. yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cacklenoun

   noisy talk

3. cackleverb

   a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle

4. cackleverb

   talk or utter in a cackling manner

   "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine"

5. cackleverb

   squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens

6. cackleverb

   emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cacklenoun

   The cry of a hen, especially when laying an egg

2. cacklenoun

   A laugh resembling the cry of a hen.

3. cackleverb

   To laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cacklenoun

   The voice of a goose or fowl.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   The silver goose before the shining gate
   There flew, and, by her cackle, sav’d the state. Dryden.

2. To CACKLEverb

   Etymology: kaeckelen, Dutch.

   1. To make a noise as a goose.

   The nightingale, if she should sing by day,
   When every goose is cackling, would be thought
   No better a musician than the wren. William Shakespeare, M. of Venice.

   Goose, if I had you upon Sarum plain,
   I’d drive thee cackling home to Camelot. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   Or rob the Roman geese of all their glories,
   And save the state, by cackling to the tories. Alexander Pope.

   2. Sometimes it is used for the noise of a hen.

   Now to my story I return again:
   The trembling widow, and her daughters twain,
   This woful cackling cry, with horrour heard,
   Of those distracted damsels in the yard. John Dryden, Fab.

   3. To laugh; to giggle.

   Then Nic. grinned, cackled, and laughed, till he was like to kill himself, and seemed to be so pleased, that he fell a frisking and dancing about the room. John Arbuthnot, J. Bull.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cackle

   Cackle refers to the harsh, loud, often laughter-like sound made by certain birds, such as chickens or geese, or by people, typically conveying amusement, glee or excitement. It can also describe such act of laughing in a high pitch, sharp, and broken manner, often associated with witches.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cackleverb

   to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does

2. Cackleverb

   to laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle

3. Cackleverb

   to talk in a silly manner; to prattle

4. Cacklenoun

   the sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg

5. Cacklenoun

   idle talk; silly prattle

6. Etymology: [OE. cakelen; cf. LG. kakeln, D. kakelen, G. gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle, Cake to cackle.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cackle

   kak′l, n. the sound made by a hen or goose.—v.i. to make such a sound.—ns. Cack′ler, a fowl that cackles: a talkative, gossiping person; Cack′ling, noise of a goose or hen. [M. E. cakelen; cog. with Dut. hakelen.]

Matched Categories

1. • Cry
   • Laugh
   • Talk
   • Utter

How to pronounce cackle?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cackle in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cackle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of cackle in a Sentence

1. Shel Silverstein:

   The hens they all cackle, the roosters all beg, But I will not hatch, I will not hatch. For I hear all the talk of pollution and war As the people all shout and the airplane roar, So I'm staying in here where it's safe and it's warm, And I WILL NOT HATCH

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cackle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cackle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cackle
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cackle
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cackle