What is the meaning of cackle?

noun

  • The sound made by a hen after laying an egg.
  • Noisy talk.
  • A loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle.

verb

  • Talk or utter in a cackling manner.
    • usage: "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. .
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