cackle (noun)

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• cackle — ► NOUN ▪ a raucous clucking cry, as made by a hen or goose. ► VERB 1) give a cackle. 2) talk inconsequentially and at length. ● cut the cackle Cf. ↑cut the cackle ORIGIN p …   English terms dictionary

• cackle — 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… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cackle — [ˈkæk(ə)l] verb [I/T] to laugh in a loud unpleasant way cackle noun [C] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• cackle-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… …   Wiktionary

• cackle — early 13c., imitative (see CACHINNATION (Cf. cachinnation)).; perhaps partly based on M.Du. kake jaw. As a noun, from 1670s. Cackleberries, slang for eggs is first recorded 1880 …   Etymology dictionary

• cackle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ evil VERB + CACKLE ▪ give, let out ▪ The old woman gave a cackle of laughter. ▪ hear …   Collocations dictionary

• cackle — I UK [ˈkæk(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms cackle : present tense I/you/we/they cackle he/she/it cackles present participle cackling past tense cackled past participle cackled to laugh in a loud, unpleasant, and sometimes… …   English dictionary

• cackle — [[t]kæ̱k(ə)l[/t]] cackles, cackling, cackled VERB If someone cackles, they laugh in a loud unpleasant way, often at something bad that happens to someone else. The old lady cackled, pleased to have produced so dramatic a reaction... [V with n]… …   English dictionary

• cackle — [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.… …  

• cackle — 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 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cackle — 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:… …   English new terms dictionary