cackle

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/ˈkækəl/ English

Definitions

noun

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
Futile or excessively noisy talk.
A group of hyenas.

verb

To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.“The witch cackled evilly.”
To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.

Related words

Synonyms

yak yakety-yak yack chatter geese kackle cluck gaggling cackle fruit cackle-fart honk cackleberry cack clang claik clucking

Associated

enid agatha maud ethel witch disguised frog miss ruby granite worst twin

Rhymes

ramshackle tackle tabernacle crackle jackal shackle hackle grackle quackle racal

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