Cackle (Verb)
Meaning 1
Talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The girls cackled with laughter as they looked at their friend's embarrassing dance move.
- The old witches cackled maniacally as they mixed their bubbling potion.
- She cackled with glee as she watched her enemy trip and fall on the sidewalk.
- The eccentric woman cackled to herself as she rummaged through the antique shop.
- The group of teenagers cackled as they watched the ridiculous viral video on their phones.
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Meaning 2
Emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing.
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- She started to cackle loudly as the comedian's jokes became increasingly ridiculous.
- His gruff demeanor broke, and he let out a wicked cackle as he got away with the prank.
- The villain let out a maniacal cackle in the final dramatic scene of the movie.
- The eccentric old woman cackled with glee as she told her outlandish stories to the neighborhood kids.
- A loud, menacing cackle echoed through the haunted house as we walked through the dark corridors.
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Meaning 3
Squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- Old hens started to cackle loudly when they spotted food in their coop.
- The big brown hen would cackle every time she laid an egg in the nesting box.
- After finding some tasty bugs, the chicken started to cackle excitedly.
- Hearing the farmer walk towards the coop, the hens immediately began to cackle.
- As it saw the door open to the big outdoors, the plump hen let out a triumphant cackle.