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2 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]: Cackling \Cac"kling\, n. The broken noise of a goose or a hen.
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