Cackle
verb
If a hen cackles, it makes a sharp sound, or to laugh a lot in a loud or high voice.
The old witch cackled loudly as the children approached her house.
Often appears as...
- cackle with laughter
- cackle like a hen
noun
The sound a hen makes, or a loud, high laugh.
Her cackling laugh could be heard throughout the building.
verb
To talk about someone in a hurtful or critical way.
She was always cackling about her neighbors.
Often appears as...
- cackle about someone
- cackle behind someone's back
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
If a hen cackles, it makes a sharp sound, or to laugh a lot in a loud or high voice.
The old witch cackled loudly as the children approached her house.
Often appears as...
- cackle with laughter
- cackle like a hen
noun
The sound a hen makes, or a loud, high laugh.
Her cackling laugh could be heard throughout the building.
verb
To talk about someone in a hurtful or critical way.
She was always cackling about her neighbors.
Often appears as...
- cackle about someone
- cackle behind someone's back
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Witchy Laughter
Often used to describe an evil or mischievous laugh, similar to a witch in stories.
The villain's cackle echoed in the dungeon.
Pro Tip 2/3Mocking Tone
Implies laughing at someone, not with them, potentially to belittle.
They cackled at his failed attempt to dance.
Pro Tip 3/3Loud and High
Cackling is noticeably louder and higher-pitched than regular laughter.
Her cackle cut through the calm night air.
Pro Tip 1/3Witchy Laughter
Often used to describe an evil or mischievous laugh, similar to a witch in stories.
The villain's cackle echoed in the dungeon.
Pro Tip 2/3Mocking Tone
Implies laughing at someone, not with them, potentially to belittle.
They cackled at his failed attempt to dance.
Pro Tip 3/3Loud and High
Cackling is noticeably louder and higher-pitched than regular laughter.
Her cackle cut through the calm night air.
Pro Tip 1/3Witchy Laughter
Often used to describe an evil or mischievous laugh, similar to a witch in stories.
The villain's cackle echoed in the dungeon.
Pro Tip 2/3Mocking Tone
Implies laughing at someone, not with them, potentially to belittle.
They cackled at his failed attempt to dance.
Pro Tip 3/3Loud and High
Cackling is noticeably louder and higher-pitched than regular laughter.
Her cackle cut through the calm night air.
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The myth of Loki and the...
With his last hope dashed, the god began to mourn Baldur a second time. But an echo from the cave rang out above his sobs. Loki’s twisted cackle was well-known to every Asgardian,
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the shrew actually you know coming back to life nope this is still an ex shrew the burying beetles have come they cackle over their latest fine this shrew will be food and well
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
do like do you do how many applications you thought is there you know can you have a romantic partner lot of a sex inevitable i mean i did promise the internet that i would make cat girls we'll have we could make a robot cackle
Video examples
The myth of Loki and the...
With his last hope dashed, the god began to mourn Baldur a second time. But an echo from the cave rang out above his sobs. Loki’s twisted cackle was well-known to every Asgardian,
Video examples
Burying Beetles PIPE...
the shrew actually you know coming back to life nope this is still an ex shrew the burying beetles have come they cackle over their latest fine this shrew will be food and well
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Quote examples
Margaret Hamilton
American Actress
A great deal of my mail comes from fans of the 'Oz' picture - fans of all ages. The scholarly, the curious, the disbelievers write and ask how? why? when? what for? did you fly? melt? scream? cackle? appear? disappear? produce? sky-write? deal with monkeys? etc., etc., etc.
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Bianca Del Rio
American Entertainer
One of my favourites on Instagram is @dublin_zoetrope. He does these musical theatre/Meryl Streep/Glenn Close memes that are truly hysterical. He'll take a regular photo of them and create an entire storyline, and it makes me cackle out loud.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Not to say people shouldn't get rich from art. I adore the alchemy wherein artists who cast a complex spell make rich people give them their money. (Just writing it makes me cackle.) But too many artists have been making money without magic.
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Kaitlyn Bristowe
Canadian Entertainer
I have a really crazy cackle laugh, and I think sometimes people don't realize that they're not laughing at my jokes, they're actually just laughing because of my laugh.
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Adam F. Goldberg
American Producer
I wasn't a sweet kid. I was an instigator and provoked everyone with my goofy hyena cackle, loving every minute of the drama I could create.
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Margaret Hamilton
American Actress
A great deal of my mail comes from fans of the 'Oz' picture - fans of all ages. The scholarly, the curious, the disbelievers write and ask how? why? when? what for? did you fly? melt? scream? cackle? appear? disappear? produce? sky-write? deal with monkeys? etc., etc., etc.
Quote examples
Bianca Del Rio
American Entertainer
One of my favourites on Instagram is @dublin_zoetrope. He does these musical theatre/Meryl Streep/Glenn Close memes that are truly hysterical. He'll take a regular photo of them and create an entire storyline, and it makes me cackle out loud.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Not to say people shouldn't get rich from art. I adore the alchemy wherein artists who cast a complex spell make rich people give them their money. (Just writing it makes me cackle.) But too many artists have been making money without magic.
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Kaitlyn Bristowe
Canadian Entertainer
I have a really crazy cackle laugh, and I think sometimes people don't realize that they're not laughing at my jokes, they're actually just laughing because of my laugh.
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Adam F. Goldberg
American Producer
I wasn't a sweet kid. I was an instigator and provoked everyone with my goofy hyena cackle, loving every minute of the drama I could create.
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