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Definition of cackle



Overview of noun cackle

The noun cackle has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cackle

(the sound made by a hen after laying an egg)

2. yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle

(noisy talk)

3. cackle

(a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle)


Overview of verb cackle

The verb cackle has 3 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) cackle

(talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine")

2. (1) cackle

(squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens)

3. (1) cackle

(emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing)