cackle
verb (used without object)
to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.
are cackling
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present progressiveof cackle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Many plays and musicals are supposed to draw chuckles, but theatergoers today are cackling like they’re at a comedy show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
It’s worth noting that few people in these stories are cackling villains in the fairy tale sense.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2015
Her laugh makes me laugh—and soon enough, the two of us are cackling.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Father and Caesar are cackling at each other like roosters.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
X. The bells sound like it, the flies bite so, and the hens are cackling.
From Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter by Warner Oland
