cackle
/'kækl/
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Definition
Noun:
- A loud, sharp, often unpleasant laugh: A laugh that is broken, high-pitched, and suggestive of the sound a hen makes.
- Noisy, trivial, or foolish talk: Idle chatter or gossip.
- The characteristic short, sharp sound a hen makes: The sound made by a hen, especially after laying an egg.
Verb:
- To laugh in a loud, sharp, broken manner: To emit a cackle.
- To make the sharp, broken cry of a hen: To squawk shrilly.
- To talk or chatter noisily and at length: To engage in loud, trivial, or gossipy conversation.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Her loud cackle could be heard across the room.
- I'm tired of their endless cackle about office gossip.
- The farmer heard the cackle of a hen from the coop.
Verb:
- The witches in the story would cackle around their cauldron.
- The hens began to cackle at dawn.
- The group of friends would cackle for hours about nothing in particular.
Advanced Usage
- "Cut the cackle!": An informal, imperative phrase meaning "Stop the idle chatter!" or "Get to the point!"
- We're running out of time, so cut the cackle and tell us the plan.
Variants and Related Words
- Cackler (noun): A person or bird that cackles.
- The old woman was known as the village cackler.
Synonyms
- Noun (for laugh): Guffaw, howl, screech.
- Noun (for talk): Chatter, prattle, babble.
- Verb (to laugh): Guffaw, screech, howl.
- Verb (to talk): Chatter, prattle, jabber.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Idioms
(This word does not commonly form standard phrasal verbs. Its idiomatic use is covered in "Advanced Usage.")
Noun
- a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
- noisy talk
- the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
Verb
- emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
- squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
- talk or utter in a cackling manner
- The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine