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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cackle \Cac"kle\, v. i. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cackle \Cac"kle\, n. 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. 2. Idle talk; silly prattle. There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. --Thackeray. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cackle n 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 v 1: talk or utter in a cackling manner; "Hello!," 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
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