to cackle
18
6.0
- verb
- /ˈkækəl/
:
cacarear
- The children cackled with delight as they watched the clown perform tricks.
- cackling hens
- cackling laugh
- cackling like chickens
But I will also be cackling and saying I told you so for sure.
- But I will also be cackling and saying I told you so for sure.
- And now he fairly cackled at what he saw.
- And and he was just being so funny and Joe was fucking cackling.
- Like, I was just absolutely losing my shit, cackling.
- The rules going forward is that you can smile, you can stifle a smile, but the moment you like make a noise, you giggle, you cackle, you exhale through the nose.
- I mean, it's so easy to say, oh, somebody, they're like an evil ogre and just trying to do evil and, and cackling in their in their closet or whatever.
- Dave is cackling as the owner yells, telling us we're done in this town, we will never play at any venue ever again.
- And by this point we would be cackling like this in pain and rets that would come up and say what the hell are you doing?
Examples
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The man looked over and cackled as if a rare joke had been passed.
Fiction book (1997) -
The chickens start to cackle and run about as Harry reaches for one with his cane.
Fiction book (1990) -
But I will also be cackling and saying I told you so for sure.
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- Cut out that cackling in there.
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And now he fairly cackled at what he saw.
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You're just cackling in the corner.
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Yes, she said, and she reared back and cackled as if a joke had been cracked.
Fiction book (1997) -
And the hens cackle loudly when the contents of Kazimiera M's pot land on them.
Academic text (2007) -
Only the chickens cackled in the henhouse, and the sacks of feed spread a dry warmth.
Fiction book (1996) -
The winged skeletons reappear outside, dancing in the air, cackling with glee.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
86
4.0
To make a loud, high, sharp sound that startles people
82
1.4
To make a short high sound when things move or rub together
61
3.0
To make a long, high sound like a pig or excited child
47
7.0
To make a high thin sound like a small bird or child
17
2.4
To laugh loudly because something is very funny
16
4.7
To make a loud, harsh cry like a bird
15
3.4
Laugh loudly and without control
4
6.5
To laugh suddenly and loudly without control
3
8.0
To make short high noises like a small bird's call
3
8.4
To laugh loudly in a harsh unpleasant way
3
4.8
To make a very high, sharp sound often as a cry
To laugh loudly and without control
To laugh loudly in a harsh way like a donkey
To make a loud, high, harsh sound like a scream
To make a short, high, harsh sound like an owl or old gate
To make a high sharp squeaking sound like a mouse or an old door
To make a loud, crying sound like a lamb or goat
How Shrill
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb cackle comes from the same sharp bird sound 'cack', so to cackle is to make that loud, high, harsh noise or to laugh in a similar, shrill way.