cackle
verb (used without object)
to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.
cackles
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pluralof cackle.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof cackle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
cackleverb (used without object)to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.
Example Sentences
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The red-headed fairy cackles, “Your hard work didn’t pay off!”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
With each taunt, the room filled with cackles from my teammates.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2024
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” served up a symphony of social disaster over the course of 12 seasons and almost 24 years on HBO, wringing cackles and cringes from the misadventures of the serially inappropriate Larry David.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
All week I’d reveled in the cackles of leaf monkeys, hoots of gibbons, and barks of macaques, plus choruses of birds and frogs—all backed by the hums and whines of insects.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
His thumping footsteps and cackles faded as he ran to another part of the ship.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
