cackle

  • 21cackle berry — /ˈkækəl bɛri/ (say kakuhl beree) noun Colloquial an egg. Also, cackleberry, cackle fruit …

  • 22cackle — cackler, n. /kak euhl/, v., cackled, cackling, n. v.i. 1. to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen. 2. to laugh in a shrill, broken manner. 3. to chatter noisily; prattle. v.t. 4. to utter with cackles; express by cackling: They… …

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  • 23cackle — 1. noun a) The cry of a hen, especially when laying an egg b) A laugh resembling the cry of a hen. 2. verb To laugh with a sound similar to a hens cry …

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  • 24cackle — Synonyms and related words: 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 …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25cackle — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 26cackle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. i. chatter, prattle; giggle. See speech, amusement. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cluck, gabble, chortle, chuckle, titter, snicker, quack, giggle, snigger; see also laugh . III (Roget s 3… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 27cackle — see CHEEK …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28cackle — cack·le || kækl n. noise made by a hen; harsh laugh; loud chatter v. make a cackling noise (like a hen); laugh harshly; chatter loudly …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 29cackle — I. v. n. 1. Laugh (with a sound like the cackling of a goose), giggle, titter, snicker. 2. Chatter, prattle, babble, palaver, talk idly, talk nonsense. See prate. II. n. Prattle, twaddle, idle talk, small talk. See prate …

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  • 30cackle — verb 1) the geese cackled at him Syn: squawk, cluck, gabble 2) Noel cackled with glee Syn: laugh loudly, guffaw, chortle, chuckle …

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