Cackle meaning

What does “cackle” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“cackle” is a noun and verb with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the sound made by a hen after laying an egg.

cackle

noun

  1. the sound made by a hen after laying an egg

  2. noisy talk

  3. a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle

verb

  1. talk or utter in a cackling manner

    “The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine”

  2. squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens

  3. emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University