From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cackle \Cac"kle\, verb (used without an object) [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.
When every goose is cackling. --Shak.
2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. --Arbuthnot.
3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. --Johnson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
By her cackle saved the state. --Dryden.
There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
2: noisy talk [syn: {yak}, {yack}, {yakety-yak}, {chatter}]
3: a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
verb
1: talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine"
2: squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
3: emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "cackle": call, carol, caw, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cluck, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, drum, gabble, gaggle, gobble, guggle, honk, hoo, hoot, peep, pip, pipe, quack, roll, scold, sing, squawk, trill, tweet, twit, twitter, warble, whistle
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
198 Moby Thesaurus words for "cackle": Homeric laughter, babble, babblement, bark, bavardage, bawl, be in stitches, belch, bellow, belly laugh, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blare, blat, blather, blether, blethers, blubber, boff, boffola, boom, bray, break up, breathe, burr, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, buzz, cachinnate, cachinnation, call, caquet, caqueterie, carol, caw, chant, chat, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chitter-chatter, chortle, chuck, chuckle, clack, clang, clangor, clank, clash, clatter, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, convulsion, coo, craunch, croak, cronk, crow, crump, crunch, cuckoo, drawl, drum, exclaim, fit of laughter, flute, gab, gabble, gaggle, gales of laughter, gas, gasp, gibber, gibble-gabble, giggle, go into convulsions, gobble, gossip, grind, groan, growl, grumble, grunt, guff, guffaw, guggle, ha-ha, hearty laugh, hee-haw, hee-hee, hilarity, hiss, ho-ho, honk, hoo, hoot, horselaugh, hot air, idle talk, jabber, jangle, jar, keen, laugh, laugh it up, laugh outright, laughing, laughter, lilt, mere talk, mumble, murmur, mutter, natter, nearly die laughing, nonsense talk, outburst of laughter, palaver, pant, peal of laughter, peep, pip, pipe, prate, prating, prattle, prittle-prattle, quack, rasp, risibility, roar, roar of laughter, roar with laughter, roll, rumble, scold, scranch, scrape, scratch, scream, screech, scrunch, shake like jelly, shake with laughter, shout, shout of laughter, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, snicker, snigger, snore, snort, sob, split, split with laughter, squall, squawk, squeal, talkee-talkee, tee-hee, thunder, titter, tittle-tattle, trill, trumpet, twaddle, twang, twattle, tweet, twit, twitter, wail, warble, whine, whisper, whistle, yak, yakkety-yak, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yuck, yuk-yuk
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