- (v.i.) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
- (v.i.) To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
- (v.i.) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
- (n.) The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
- (n.) Idle talk; silly prattle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "cackle" 27 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/cackle/definitions/1983609> |