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cackling Definition


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cackle
noun
    1. The sound made by a hen or a goose.
    2. derog
      A raucous laugh like this.
    3. Shrill, silly chatter.
verb, intr cackled, cackling
    1. To laugh raucously.
    2. To chatter noisily.
    3. To utter as a cackle.
Idiom: cut the cackle
    colloq
    To stop chatting aimlessly and come to the point.
Etymology: 13c: imitating the sound.



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