noun / verb
cackle
KAK-ul/ˈkækl/
A harsh, repetitive clucking sound.
A loud cackle comes from the hen beside the nest.
Etymology
Cackle imitates the noise of a hen and was later applied to human laughter. Its harsh, shrill sense carries that comparison with a bird’s call.
In context
they were actually going to dig him up it makes me smile it does indeed in effect it made him cackle
More examples
- A sudden cackle rises from the henhouse.
- Geese cackled as we approached the pond.
- The hens cackle around the newly filled feeder.
Forms
cackle · cackles · cackled · cackling
Similar words
- chuckle
- A quieter, softer laugh, unlike a harsh cackle.