CACKLE


Meaning of CACKLE in English

I. cack ‧ le 1 /ˈkæk ə l/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]

[ Date: 1100-1200 ; Origin: From the sound ]

1 . to laugh in a loud unpleasant way, making short high sounds

2 . when a chicken cackles, it makes a loud high sound

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THESAURUS

▪ laugh to make sounds with your voice and move your face, because you think that something is funny:

He looked so funny that we couldn’t stop laughing.

▪ giggle to laugh quickly in a high voice, especially in a slightly silly way, or because you are nervous or embarrassed:

A group of teenage girls were giggling in a corner.

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She tends to giggle when she meets new people.

▪ chuckle to laugh quietly, especially because you are thinking about or reading something funny:

He was chuckling to himself over an article in the paper.

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‘We used to get up to all kinds of mischief.’ She chuckled at the memory.

▪ snigger British English , snicker American English to laugh quietly in an unkind or unpleasant way, for example when someone is hurt or embarrassed:

Billy stood up and started to sing, and one or two people sniggered.

▪ titter to laugh quietly in a high voice, especially about something that is rude or about sex, or is embarrassing for someone:

As a nation we love to titter over politicians’ sex scandals.

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schoolboys tittering over a magazine

▪ roar with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a deep voice:

I could hear my father roaring with laughter at something on TV.

▪ shriek with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a high voice:

Patsy chased him down the stairs, shrieking with laughter.

▪ howl with laughter to laugh very loudly – used especially about a group of people laughing together:

His plays have made audiences howl with laughter.

▪ in stitches laughing so much that you cannot stop:

It was such a funny film – it had us all in stitches.

▪ guffaw /ɡəˈfɔː $ -ˈfɒː/ to laugh very loudly and without trying to stop yourself:

The audience guffawed at his nonstop jokes.

▪ cackle to laugh loudly in an unpleasant way:

The old woman cackled at the trouble she was causing.

II. cackle 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]

1 . a loud high sound that a chicken makes ⇨ cluck

2 . a short high unpleasant laugh

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