Cackling

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              When every goose is cackling.         --Shak.
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     2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen
        or a goose; to giggle. --Arbuthnot.
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     3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. --Johnson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cackling \Cac"kling\, n.
     The broken noise of a goose or a hen.
     [1913 Webster] Cacochymia