"cackle" in the noun sense
1. cackle
the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
2. yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle
noisy talk
3. cackle
a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
"cackle" in the verb sense
1. cackle
talk or utter in a cackling manner
"The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine"
2. cackle
squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
3. cackle
emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
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