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cackle

DEFINITIONS OF: cackle

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v squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens

Types:
gaggle
make a noise characteristic of a goose
Type of:
emit, let loose, let out, utter
express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

v emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing

Type of:
express joy, express mirth, laugh
produce laughter

v talk or utter in a cackling manner

“The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine”
Type of:
mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
express in speech

n the sound made by a hen after laying an egg

Type of:
cry
the characteristic utterance of an animal

n a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle

Type of:
laugh, laughter
the sound of laughing

n noisy talk

Synonyms:
chatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak
Types:
blether, chin music, idle talk, prate, prattle
idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
Type of:
talk, talking
an exchange of ideas via conversation
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