cut the cackle Definition

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.