CACKLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does cackle mean?
• CACKLE (noun)
The noun CACKLE has 3 senses:
1. the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
2. noisy talk
3. a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
Familiarity information: CACKLE used as a noun is uncommon.
• CACKLE (verb)
The verb CACKLE has 3 senses:
1. talk or utter in a cackling manner
2. squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
3. emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
Familiarity information: CACKLE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CACKLE (noun)
Meaning:
The sound made by a hen after laying an egg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("cackle" is a kind of...):
cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)
Meaning:
Noisy talk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
yakety-yak; yak; yack; chatter; cackle
Hypernyms ("cackle" is a kind of...):
talk; talking (an exchange of ideas via conversation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cackle"):
blether; chin music; idle talk; prate; prattle (idle or foolish and irrelevant talk)
Meaning:
A loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cackle" is a kind of...):
laugh; laughter (the sound of laughing)
• CACKLE (verb)
Meaning:
Talk or utter in a cackling manner
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine
Hypernyms (to "cackle" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue cackle
Meaning:
Squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "cackle" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cackle"):
gaggle (make a noise characteristic of a goose)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "cackle" is one way to...):
express joy; express mirth; laugh (produce laughter)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
