cackle
verb (used without object)
to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.
is cackling
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present progressiveof cackle (3rd person singular).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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At first I was irritated: I’m just trying to watch this dumb Roomba fall over, and this guy is cackling like he’s got something to prove.
From The Verge ● Jul. 19, 2017
The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
Shakespeare says: The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be No better a musician than the wren.
From Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 by George Frisbie Hoar
