See Also: cackle(dictionary)
cackle 1, verb(dictionary)
cackle 2, noun(dictionary)

cackle (iou)



cackle verb & noun. ME.
[Prob. from Middle & mod. Low German, Middle Dutch kakelen, partly of imit. origin, partly from kake jaw, cheek.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. Of a hen: make the clucking noise characteristically made after laying an egg. Of a goose: make its similar characteristic noise, gaggle. ME.
b. Of a jackdaw, magpie, starling, etc.: chatter. ME-L17.
verb intrans. Of a person: be full of noisy chatter; laugh spasmodically or in a loud and silly manner. ME.
verb trans. Utter with or express by cackling. ME.
b. noun.
The cackling of a hen or goose. ME.
Idle chattering; noisy inconsequential talk. L17.
cut the cackle colloq. (stop talking and) come to the point.
A spasmodic or loud and silly laugh. M19.
cackler noun LME.