cackle

/kˈækəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. talk or utter in a cackling manner
   “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

noun

1. the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
2. noisy talk
3. a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle

Synonyms for cackle

• yak
• yack
• yakety-yak
• chatter

Words that rhyme with cackle

• tackle
• crackle
• shackle
• tabernacle
• grackle
• hackle
• jackal
• ramshackle
• spackle
• crackel
• hackel
• hackl
• jackel
• jakel
• kachel
• mackall
• mackel
• racal
• rachal
• unshackle
• yackel
• yakel