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Definition: Cackle |
CackleNoun1. The sound made by a hen after laying an egg. 2. Noisy talk. 3. A loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle. Verb1. Talk or utter in a cackling manner; "Hello!," 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 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cackle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To hear the cackling of hens denotes a sudden shock produced by the news of an unexpected death in your neighborhood, Sickness will cause poverty. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Slang in 1811 | CACKLE. To blab, or discover secrets. The cull is leaky, and cackles; the rogue tells all. CANT. See LEAKY. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Synonyms: CackleSynonyms: chatter (n), yack (n), yak (n), yakety-yak (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Smile, simper, smirk; grin, grin like a Cheshire cat; mock, laugh in one's sleeve; laugh, laugh outright; giggle, titter, crow, snicker, chuckle, cackle; burst out, burst into a fit of laughter; shout, split, roar. |
Conversation | Causerie, chat, chitchat; small talk, table talk, teatable talk, town talk, village talk, idle talk; tattle, gossip, babble, babblement; tripotage, cackle, prittle-prattle, cancan, on dit; talk of the town, talk of the village. |
Loquacity | Jaw; gabble; jabber, chatter; prate, prattle, cackle, clack; twaddle, rattle; caquet, caquetterie; blabber, bavardage, bibble-babble, gibble-gabble; small talk; (converse). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cackle |
| English words defined with "cackle": Cackled, Cackling ♦ gaggle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cackle": Bow-wow Word ♦ Gags ♦ Platitude ♦ Vanity. (references) |
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Screenplays | And so, Ms. Cackle, I ask you to make the rest of the day a half-holiday (The Worst Witch; writing credit: Jill Murphy; Mary Pleshette Willis) When did you learn to talk anyway? I thought hens could only cluck and cackle. (Return to Oz; writing credit: L. Frank Baum; Gill Dennis) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Inside Cackle Corners (1951) | |
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 | Cackle; cackling; evil; sinister; Mephistophelean; accursed; devil; cursed; damnable; damned; demoniac; demonic; detestable; diabolic; diabolical; execrable; fiendish; hellborn; hellish; hell; infernal; iniquitous; nefarious; satanic; serpentine; unhallow. | | Caw; crow; cawing; caws; cackle; cackles; cackling; crows; crowing; murder. |
| Cackle; chortle; chuckle; guffaw; hee-haw; snicker; snigger; tehee; titter; twitter; absurd; asinine; brainless; cockamamie; crazy; crazy; daffy; daft; dingy; dippy; doltish; dotty; fantastic; fatuous; feebleminded; half-baked; half-witted; harebrained; i. | | Caw; crow; cawing; caws; cackle; cackles; cackling; crows; crowing; murder. |
| Caw; crow; cawing; caws; cackle; cackles; cackling; crows; crowing; murder. | ||
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | No cockerels to crow nor hens to cackle in the yard |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | VANITY, n. The tribute of a fool to the worth of the nearest ass. They say that hens do cackle loudest when There's nothing vital in the eggs they've laid; And there are hens, professing to have made A study of mankind, who say that men Whose business 'tis to drive the tongue or pen Make the most clamorous fanfaronade O'er their most worthless work; and I'm afraid They're not entirely different from the hen. Lo! the drum-major in his coat of gold, His blazing breeches and high-towering cap -- Imperiously pompous, grandly bold, Grim, resolute, an awe-inspiring chap! Who'd think this gorgeous creature's only virtue Is that in battle he will never hurt you? Hannibal Hunsiker |
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| "Cackle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 74.42% of the time. "Cackle" is used about 43 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 74.42% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Noun (proper) | 13.95% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 6.98% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.65% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 43 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cackle hatchery | 26 |
cackle | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cackle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | llomotitje (badinage, chitchat, clack, flubdub, gibber, lip-labor, lip-labour, mag, prate, tattle, wag, wish-wash), llomotis (blab, clack, gab, jabber, prate, splutter, waffle), kukurisje (hilarity, snicker, tehee), kakarisje (cluck), kakaris (cluck). (various references) | |
Arabic | قوقئة صوت الدجاج (cackling), تقويق الدجاجة, القوقأة صوت الدجاج, ثرثرة بجلبة, ثرثرة (babble, blab, blabber, boastfulness, breeze, chat, chatter, clatter, gab, gabble, garrulity, gas, gibberish, jabber, jactitation, logorrhea, loquacity, patter, prate, prattle, rattle, talkativeness, tattler, tittle tattle, twaddle, yap). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | силно кикотене, кудкудякане (chuck, chuckle), кудкудякам (chuckle), кикотя се (burble, cachinnate, giggle, guffaw, snicker, sniggle, tehee), глъч (din, hubble bubble, hubbub, noise), дърдоря (dodder, gab, gabble, jabber, jaw, palaver, patter, prate, tattle), дърдорене (babble, burble, gab, gabble, jaw, patter, sputter, yap). (various references) | |
Chinese | 高声谈笑 (Cackled, Cackling). (various references) | |
Czech | tlachat (blab, chatter, gas, jaw, palaver, talk, tittle tattle, waffle, yap), tlachání (gab, gas, palaver, talk, twaddle, waffle), krákorat, krákání (caw, squawk), kejhat (gaggle, honk), kdákat (cluck, squawk), kdákání (cluck, squawk), žvanit (babble, blab, burble, gabble, gas, natter, palaver, pettifog, piffle, prate, prattle, rattle, spout, talk, tattle, tittle tattle, twaddle, waffle, yap), žvanìní (chatter, chitchat, claptrap, double talk, flapdoodle, flubdub, gab, gas, piffle, prate, prattle, rigmarole, tattle, twaddle, waffle, wind), štìbetat (chatter, waffle). (various references) | |
Farsi | هرزه دراءی (Palaver), قات قات کردن (Quack), وراجی (Jaw, Palaver, Yack), صدای مرغ درحالت تخم گذاری . (various references) | |
Finnish | kotkotus (cluck), kotkottaa (cluck), kaakattaa (cluck, quack). (various references) | |
French | caqueter, caquetage, caquet (cackling), gloussement. (various references) | |
German | gackern (to cackle). (various references) | |
Greek | κακαρίζω (cluck). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לקרקר (cluck, gaggle, quack, squawk). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fecsegés (babble, blab, blat, blatter, chaffering, chat, chatter, clack, clash, driveling, drivelling, gab, gabble, gossiping, jabber, jangle, lip, loquacity, palaver, piffle, prattle, small talk, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle), vihogás (giggle, guggle, snicker, snigger, tehee, titter), kodácsolás, gágogás (gaggle). (various references) | |
Indonesian | berkotek, berkokok. (various references) | |
Italian | schiamazzo (chatter, din, noise, racket, row). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | けらけら笑う (to cackle). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | けらけらわらう (to cackle). (various references) | |
Manx | scolgarnee (cackle of hen, chuck). (various references) | |
Norwegian | snadre (quack), kakle. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acklecay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cacarejar (chuck, chuckle, cluck, keckle). (various references) | |
Romanian | cotcodãcit (chattering), cotcodãci (chatter, chuck, chuckle, clack), trãncãni (Bab, babble, clack, clash, clatter, cosher, gab, gibber, gossip, jabber, jangle, Maunder, natter, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle, talk, tattle, yap), gâgâit, gâgâi (gaggle), flecãri (babble, blab, blether, chatter, gossip, humbug, palaver, prate, prattle, rattle, talk, tattle, tittle tattle), flecãrealã (babble, chatter, chit chat, gabble, gossip, patter, prate, prattle, talk, tattle, tittle tattle). (various references) | |
Russian | хихикать (chuckle, giggle, snicker, snickered, snigger, tehee, titter), хихиканье (chuckle, giggle, tehee), кудахтать кудахтание, кудахтать (chuckle, cluck), кудахтанье (chuck, chuckle, cluck), болтовня (badinage, banter, blether, chat, chatter, chitchat, clatter, confabulation, footle, gab, gammon, gas, gassing, gossip, gup, hubble bubble, jive, mag, patter, piffle, rattle, spiels, tattle, tittle tattle, twaddle, waffle, wish-wash). (various references) | |
Scottish | gog (a nod, nm. a. cackle). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kokodakati (cluck), kokodakanje (cluck), gukati, gukanje, gakati (caw, honk, quack). (various references) | |
Spanish | cacareo. (various references) | |
Swedish | prat (buzz, chatter, gab, gas, palaver, talk, talking, wind), kackla (gaggle), kackel, fnitter (giggle, snicker, snigger, titter). (various references) | |
Thai | หัวเราะเสียง"ังแหลม. (various references) | |
Turkish | laflamak (chat, have a chat, visit), kahkaha (guffaw, Haw-haw, heehaw, laugh, laughter), gevezelik etmek (babble, blab, chat, chatter, clack, gabble, gossip, natter, prate, prattle, tattle), gevezelik (babbling, chattering, chinwag, chitchat, clack, comment, gab, gabble, garrulity, gossip, indiscretion, jaw, jive, loquaciousness, loquacity, mouthiness, prate, prattle, rattle, talkativeness, talky-talk, tattle, volubility, windiness, yap), gıdaklamak (chuck, cluck), gıdaklama (chuck, cluck). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gagyldamak (croak). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | регіт (laugh, laughter, roar, yak), реготати (chuckle, nicker, scream), хихикати (giggle, keckle, snigger, tee-hee, tehee, titter), хихикання (chuckle, giggle, snigger, tee-hee, tehee, titter), кудкудакати (chuckle, clabber, cluck, gabble, keckle), кудкудакання (chuck, chuckle, cluck, gabble), квоктати (cluck), квоктання (cluck), гелготати (gabble, gaggle), гелготання (gabble, gaggle), зубоскальство (quizzery), зубоскалити, базікати (babble, blab, blather, burble, chatter, chin, clatter, expatiate, footle, gab, gabble, gossip, haver, jabber, natter, parleyvoo, piffle, prate, spiel, tattle, tittle tattle, twitter, waffle, wag, wiggle-waggle, yak, yak-yak, yarn), базікання (babble, babbling, blab, blather, blether, bunkum, burble, chatter, chit chat, clatter, flubdub, gabble, gossip, jabber, piffle, prate, spiel, talk, tattle, tittle tattle, tootle, twaddle, twitter, waffle, wind, yak-yak). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chuyện vớ vẩn (boloney, buncombe, bunkum, cack, fiddle-de-dee, flapdoodle, flim-flam, guff, haver, jive, tommy rot), chuyện ba toác (cack), chuyện ba hoa khoác lác câm cái m"m đi (cack). (various references) | |
Welsh | clochdar (cluck), clegar (clack, cluck). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cackle": cackled, cackler, cacklers, cackles. (additional references) | |
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"Cackle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cacke, cakile, Cakle, caxel, ccake, cocklea, cockley, cuckel, Kickle, rackle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cackle" (pronounced ka"kul) |
| 4 | -a" k u l | crackle, grackle, hackle, tackle, jackal, shackle, unshackle. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, alphabetical, analytical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, article, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, barnacle, biblical, bicycle, bifocal, biochemical, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, categorical, cervical, chemical, Chronicle, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, clavicle, clerical, clinical, comical, commonsensical, conical, coracle, cortical, critical, cubicle, cuticle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, diacritical, dialectical, domical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, epochal, equivocal, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, etymological, evangelical, fanatical, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geophysical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grammatical, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, hierarchical, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hypothetical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, impractical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, tentacle, testicle, theatrical, theological, inimical, ironical, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, medical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, meteorological, methodical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythical, mythological, nautical, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, numerical, obstacle, ontological, optical, Oracle, oratorical, ornithological, paradoxical, particle, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, photochemical, physical, physiological, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, popsicle, practical, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, quizzical, rabbinical, radical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, satirical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shekel, sickle, skeptical, sociological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unequivocal, unethical, unicycle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-k-l" | |
-1 letter: cecal, clack. | |
-2 letters: alec, cake, calk, ceca, kale, lace, lack, lake, leak. | |
-3 letters: ace, ale, cel, elk, kae, kea, lac, lea, lek. | |
-4 letters: ae, al, el, ka, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-k-l" | |
+1 letter: cackled, cackler, cackles, clacked, clacker, crackle. | |
+2 letters: cacklers, clackers, crackled, crackles, cracknel, necklace. | |
+3 letters: blackface, camelback, checkable, cockatiel, cracklier, cracknels, necklaces, placekick. | |
+4 letters: blackfaces, camelbacks, candlewick, cockatiels, cocktailed, crackliest, placekicks. | |
+5 letters: blackjacked, candlestick, candlewicks, chucklehead, crackleware, placekicked, placekicker, stickleback, uncheckable. | |
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