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Noun cackle has 3 senses
- cackle - the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
--1 is a kind of cry
- yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle - noisy talk
--2 is a kind of talk, talking
--2 has particulars: prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music
- cackle - a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
--3 is a kind of laugh, laughter
Verb cackle has 3 senses
- cackle - talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine"
--1 is one way to talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue cackle
- cackle - squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
--2 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- cackle - emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
--3 is one way to laugh, express joy, express mirth
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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