English Dictionary

cackle

/ˈkækəl/

noun

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg. / A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose. / Futile or excessively noisy talk. / A group of hyenas.

The hen let out a loud cackle when she laid her eggs.

意味（1）

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.

I heard a grey hen cackling among the ling; I called and thought, If I could get a sight of you now, it would be your last cackle; just then I heard something moving behind me on the path.

意味（2）

A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.

意味（3）

Futile or excessively noisy talk.

There's no time to waste on silly cackle.

意味（4）

A group of hyenas.