Crossword clues for cackling
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.
Cackling \Cac"kling\, n. The broken noise of a goose or a hen. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. A sound that cackles. vb. (present participle of cackle English)
Usage examples of "cackling".
At which point Masurathoo let out a half hoot, half shriek of such intensity that it rose well above the sound of falling rain, the cacklings of unseen forest denizens, and the bioprospector's own restless thoughts.
From some of the tumble-down buildings came cacklings and titterings as the maimed caroused with the crippled and the degenerate and corrupted coupled with their crones.
The howls of the Army of the Dog, the grunts of the Army of the Bear, the cacklings and shriekings of the Army of Chaos, the ground-shaking thunder of the ponies” hooves, the rumble of the iron-bound chariot wheels, the clatter of the war-gear, the creak of harness, the bellowing laughter of the barbarians, all seemed to come closer with each heartbeat as the horde of Hell swept inevitably towards the City of the Flowers.
There were cacklings and squeals and moaning sounds, sputters and rumbles and growls.