| Noun | 1. | cackle - the sound made by a hen after laying an eggcry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night" | |
| 2. | cackle - noisy talktalk, talking - an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here" | |
| 3. | cackle - a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle | |
| Verb | 1. | cackle - talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine" | |
| 2. | cackle - squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of henslet loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" gaggle - make a noise characteristic of a goose; "Cackling geese" | |
| 3. | cackle - emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing | |