Dictionary Definition
cackle
Noun
1 the sound made by a hen after laying an
egg
3 a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
Verb
1 talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women
cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the
limousine"
2 squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of
hens
3 emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ækəl
Translations
The cry of a hen, especially when laying an egg
- Finnish: kotkotus, kaakatus
- Russian: кудахтанье
A laugh resembling the cry of a hen
- Finnish: käkätys
Verb
- To laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry.
Translations
To laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry
- Finnish: käkättää
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
call,
carol, caw, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cluck, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, drum, gabble, gaggle, gobble, guggle, honk, hoo, hoot, peep, pip, pipe, quack, roll, scold, sing, squawk, trill, tweet, twit, twitter, warble, whistleHomeric laughter,
babble, babblement, bark, bavardage, bawl, be in stitches, belch, bellow, belly laugh,
bibble-babble, blab,
blabber, blah-blah,
blare, blat, blather, blether, blethers, blubber, boff, boffola, boom, bray, break up, breathe, burr, burst into laughter, burst of
laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust
a gut, buzz, cachinnate, cachinnation, call, caquet, caqueterie, carol, caw, chant, chat, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chitter-chatter,
chortle, chuck, chuckle, clack, clang, clangor, clank, clash, clatter, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, convulsion, coo, craunch, croak, cronk, crow, crump, crunch, cuckoo, drawl, drum, exclaim, fit of laughter,
flute, gab, gabble, gaggle, gales of laughter,
gas, gasp, gibber, gibble-gabble, giggle, go into convulsions,
gobble, gossip, grind, groan, growl, grumble, grunt, guff, guffaw, guggle, ha-ha, hearty laugh,
hee-haw, hee-hee, hilarity, hiss, ho-ho, honk, hoo, hoot, horselaugh, hot air, idle
talk, jabber, jangle, jar, keen, laugh, laugh it up, laugh
outright, laughing,
laughter, lilt, mere talk, mumble, murmur, mutter, natter, nearly die laughing,
nonsense talk, outburst of laughter, palaver, pant, peal of laughter, peep, pip, pipe, prate, prating, prattle, prittle-prattle,
quack, rasp, risibility, roar, roar of laughter, roar with
laughter, roll, rumble, scold, scranch, scrape, scratch, scream, screech, scrunch, shake like jelly, shake
with laughter, shout,
shout of laughter, shriek, sibilate, sigh, sing, snap, snarl, snicker, snigger, snore, snort, sob, split, split with laughter,
squall, squawk, squeal, talkee-talkee, tee-hee,
thunder, titter, tittle-tattle, trill, trumpet, twaddle, twang, twattle, tweet, twit, twitter, wail, warble, whine, whisper, whistle, yak, yakkety-yak, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yuck, yuk-yuk