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cackle
DEFINITIONS OF:
cackle
1
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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