cackle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cackle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for cackle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cackle n the sound made by a hen after laying an egg noisy talk Synonym(s): yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle v talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine" squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cackle \Cac"kle\, n. 1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg. By her cackle saved the state. --Dryden. 2. Idle talk; silly prattle. There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cackle \Cac"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cackled} (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cackling}.] [OE. cakelen; cf. LG. kakeln, D. kakelen, G. gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. {Gagle}, {Cake} to cackle.] 1. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does. When every goose is cackling. --Shak. 2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. --Arbuthnot. 3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. --Johnson.