cackle

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

cackles

1.
(countable, uncountable)The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
2.
(countable, uncountable)A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
3.
(countable, uncountable)Futile or excessively noisy talk.
4.
(collective, countable, uncountable)A group of hyenas.

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verb

V_es/s

cackles

V_ing/Gerund

cackling

V_ed/pp

cackled

1.
(intransitive)To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
2.
(intransitive)To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
The witch cackled evilly.
3.
(intransitive)To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
4.
(slang, transitive)(transitive, gambling, slang) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English caclen, cakelen, perhaps from Old English *caclian, *cacolian, from *kakulōn, *kakilōn (to cackle, gaggle, yelp, snarl), perhaps of origin. cack.