- 1[intransitive] (of a chicken) to make a loud, unpleasant noise
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- 2[intransitive, transitive] (+ speech) to laugh in a loud, unpleasant way She cackled with evil laughter.
cackle
verbNAmE//ˈkækl//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they cackle he / she / it cackles
past simple cackled
-ing form cackling
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