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 potent Met chorus captured the shrieking cackles of the witches, the horror of the courtiers after Duncan’s murder, and the despair of the exiles fleeing Macbeth’s tyranny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The red-headed fairy cackles, “Your hard work didn’t pay off!”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025
The biggest lesson he learned: “What does Chad want to do?” he dryly cackles, before interrupting himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 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
The creature threw his head back in a laugh then, letting his airy cackles echo off the trees around them.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
