cackle
11cackle — intransitive verb (cackled; cackling) Etymology: Middle English cakelen, of imitative origin Date: 13th century 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… …
12cackle — cack|le1 [ˈkækəl] v [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: From the sound] 1.) to laugh in a loud unpleasant way, making short high sounds 2.) when a chicken cackles, it makes a loud high sound cackle 2 cackle2 [i]n 1.) a loud high sound that a chicken makes… …
13cackle — cack|le1 [ kækl ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to laugh in a loud, unpleasant, and sometimes unkind way a ) intransitive or transitive to talk or say something in a loud high voice 2. ) intransitive when a chicken cackles, it makes a loud …
14cackle — verb 1》 (of a hen or goose) give a raucous clucking cry. ↘laugh in a loud, harsh way. 2》 talk inconsequentially and at length. noun a cackling sound. Phrases cut the cackle informal stop talking aimlessly and come to the point. Origin ME:… …
15cackle — 1 verb (I) 1 to laugh in a loud unpleasant way, making short high sounds: Rumplestiltskin rubbed his hands and cackled with delight. 2 when a chicken cackles, it makes a loud unpleasant sound 2 noun 1 (C, U) a short high unpleasant laugh: loud… …
16cackle — [ˈkæk(ə)l] verb [I/T] to laugh in a loud unpleasant way cackle noun [C] …
17cackle — [c]/ˈkækəl / (say kakuhl) verb (cackled, cackling) –verb (i) 1. to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as a hen after laying an egg. 2. to laugh brokenly. 3. to chatter noisily. –verb (t) 4. to utter with cackles; express by cackling. –noun 5.… …
18cackle — See cut the cackle! …
19Cackle Street — can refer to any of three hamlets in East Sussex: * Cackle Street (near Nutley) 51.01N 00.06E TQ4526 * Cackle Street (near Brede) 50.94N 00.40E TQ6919 * Cackle Street (near Netherfield) 50.93N 00.58E TQ8218 …
20cackle-bladder — noun a) A bladder containing chicken blood, used by a con man to fake someones death. Use a cackle bladder to bite on and spit blood whether faced with a gang or a single assailant. This is often enough to dissuade would be aggressors . b) A… …
