What does CACKLE mean?
Definitions for CACKLE
ˈkæk əlcack·le
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Princeton's WordNet
cacklenoun
the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cacklenoun
noisy talk
cackleverb
a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
cackleverb
talk or utter in a cackling manner
"The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine"
cackleverb
squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
cackleverb
emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
Wiktionary
cacklenoun
The cry of a hen, especially when laying an egg
cacklenoun
A laugh resembling the cry of a hen.
cackleverb
To laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Cacklenoun
The voice of a goose or fowl.
Etymology: from the verb.
The silver goose before the shining gate
There flew, and, by her cackle, sav’d the state. Dryden.To CACKLEverb
Etymology: kaeckelen, Dutch.
The nightingale, if she should sing by day,
When every goose is cackling, would be thought
No better a musician than the wren. William Shakespeare, M. of Venice.Goose, if I had you upon Sarum plain,
I’d drive thee cackling home to Camelot. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.Or rob the Roman geese of all their glories,
And save the state, by cackling to the tories. Alexander Pope.Now to my story I return again:
The trembling widow, and her daughters twain,
This woful cackling cry, with horrour heard,
Of those distracted damsels in the yard. John Dryden, Fab.Then Nic. grinned, cackled, and laughed, till he was like to kill himself, and seemed to be so pleased, that he fell a frisking and dancing about the room. John Arbuthnot, J. Bull.
ChatGPT
cackle
Cackle refers to the harsh, loud, often laughter-like sound made by certain birds, such as chickens or geese, or by people, typically conveying amusement, glee or excitement. It can also describe such act of laughing in a high pitch, sharp, and broken manner, often associated with witches.
Webster Dictionary
Cackleverb
to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does
Cackleverb
to laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle
Cackleverb
to talk in a silly manner; to prattle
Cacklenoun
the sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg
Cacklenoun
idle talk; silly prattle
Etymology: [OE. cakelen; cf. LG. kakeln, D. kakelen, G. gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle, Cake to cackle.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cackle
kak′l, n. the sound made by a hen or goose.—v.i. to make such a sound.—ns. Cack′ler, a fowl that cackles: a talkative, gossiping person; Cack′ling, noise of a goose or hen. [M. E. cakelen; cog. with Dut. hakelen.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of CACKLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of CACKLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of CACKLE in a Sentence
The hens they all cackle, the roosters all beg, But I will not hatch, I will not hatch. For I hear all the talk of pollution and war As the people all shout and the airplane roar, So I'm staying in here where it's safe and it's warm, And I WILL NOT HATCH
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