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Synonyms for cackle


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kak-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæk əl

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Définition of cackle

Origin :
  • early 13c., imitative (see cachinnation); perhaps partly based on Middle Dutch kake "jaw." Related: Cackled; cackling. As a noun from 1670s. Cackleberries, slang for "eggs" is first recorded 1880.
  • noun a loud laugh
  • verb laugh irritatingly
Example sentences :
  • The detective indulged himself in a cackle of sneering merriment.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • And now stop your clatter and go to sleep; I'm tired of hearing you cackle.
  • Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
  • The captain looked at him dully; then, understanding, a cackle came from his throat.
  • Extract from : « Under Arctic Ice » by H.G. Winter
  • And suddenly, unaccountably, he began to chuckle; he began to cackle noisily.
  • Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
  • A mingling of honk and cackle, it manifested not excitement so much as curiosity.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • "'We've climbed the hill toge-ge-ge-ther,'" chimed in Purvis, with a cackle.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • And he laughed with a cackle a demon could not have rivalled.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
  • Forgive them for our sakes,” growled Bembi, “or they will cackle all night.
  • Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton
  • And there were stories from all parts, the cackle of the profession.
  • Extract from : « The Bill-Toppers » by Andre Castaigne
  • He has stopped Austria's cackle and I fear it will be our turn next.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
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