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cackle
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
cackle
(verb)
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cackle
/
ˈ
kækəl/
verb
cackles
;
cackled
;
cackling
cackle
/
ˈ
kækəl/
verb
cackles
;
cackled
;
cackling
Learner's definition of CACKLE
[
no object
]
1
of chickens, geese, etc.
:
to make loud, unpleasant sounds
The hens were
cackling
in the henhouse.
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2
:
to laugh noisily
I could hear my aunts
cackling
in the next room.
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— cackle
noun
,
plural
cackles
[
count
]
a
cackle
of laughter/delight
the
cackle
of a chicken
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