1. (

• cackle

) the sound made by a hen after laying an egg ;

2. (

• yak ,
• yack ,
• yakety-yak ,
• chatter ,
• cackle ,

) noisy talk ;

3. (

• cackle

) a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle ;

1. (

• cackle ,

) talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine" ;

2. (

• cackle

) squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens ;

3. (

• cackle

) emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing ;