cackle
verb (used without object)
to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.
had been cackling
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past perfect progressiveof cackle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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"Besides which she might think I had been cackling to them and put them up to coming," thought Lesbia, turning hot at the notion.
From Loyal to the School by Angela Brazil
