Crossword clues for cackled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cackle \Cac"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cackled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cackling.] [OE. cakelen; cf. LG. kakeln, D. kakelen, G. gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle, Cake to cackle.]
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To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
When every goose is cackling.
--Shak. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
--Arbuthnot.To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
--Johnson.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: cackle)
Usage examples of "cackled".
When other men complained of hunger or cold, dampness or disease, the Sergeant simply cackled and knew that it would end.
There was the Sergeant too, the Irishman who would be worth baiting, and he cackled as he stuffed the food into his mouth and scratched the flea-bites in his armpit.
He cackled aloud at the thought, alarming the Company, and he thought of Teresa.
At some time in the night a Lieutenant, a stranger to Hakeswill, tried to provoke him from his lair, screaming at the Sergeant to move and attack, but it was simple to grip the Lieutenant's ankle, trip him, and the bayonet slid so easily between the ribs and Hakeswill had a fourth body, surprise on its face, and he cackled as he slid expert hands over the pockets and pouches and counted his loot.
The old woman cackled angrily, and waved Talon off as she bowled past.
Young warriors cackled joyously before a row of captive Others, eyes gleaming in hatred.
The face twitched, the voice cackled, and then the mouth twisted into a smile.
Magrit cackled, "the little barbarian-horde-in-one's gonna bring the whole house down!
Nearby birds cackled and cawed at the approach of the companions, and a lynx slipped silently away.
No-one spoke for a long moment, then one old woman cackled and gestured.