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Definitions for Cackle

[1] to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.
[2] to laugh in a shrill, broken manner.
[3] to chatter noisily; prattle.
[4] to utter with cackles; express by cackling: They cackled their disapproval.
[5] the act or sound of cackling.
[6] chatter; idle talk.
[7] (intr) (esp of a hen) to squawk with shrill notes
[8] (intr) to laugh or chatter raucously
[9] (tr) to utter in a cackling manner
[10] the noise or act of cackling
[11] noisy chatter
[12] cut the cackle informal to stop chattering; be quiet

Words related to Cackle

giggle, guffaw, chortle, quack, cluck, snicker, crow, snigger, gobble, titter, gibber, chuckle, blather, burble, babble, jabber

Words nearby Cackle

cacique, caciquism, cack, cack-handed, cackermander, cackle, cackleberry, cacky, caco-, cacodemon, cacodyl

Origin of Cackle

1175–1225; Middle English cakelen; cognate with Dutch kakelen, Low German kakeln, Swedish kackla

Other words from Cackle

cack·ler , noun

Word origin for Cackle

C13: probably from Middle Low German kākelen, of imitative origin

Synonyms for Cackle

giggle, guffaw, chortle, chuckle, cluck, crow, gibber, gobble, quack, snicker, snigger, titter