English Dictionary

cackle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkækəl/

動詞

自動詞 俗語 他動詞

(intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does. / (intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry. / (intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.

日本語の意味

（自動詞）鶏やガチョウがするような、鋭く途切れ途切れの鳴き声を出すこと。 / （自動詞）鶏の鳴き声に似た、途切れ途切れの笑い声で笑うこと。 / （自動詞）馬鹿げた、無意味な話をすること。

At dawn, the geese began to cackle among the reeds, startling the fishermen.

夜明けに、葦の間でガチョウが甲高く断続的に鳴き始め、漁師たちを驚かせた。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

When every goose is cackling.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.

She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.

It is also the business of a sensible government, not to cackle on its discoveries

意味（4）

(transitive, gambling, slang) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.

Danny cackled the dice furiously in his cupped hand, then rolled them so they stopped inches from Slattery's hands. The result was the same as before – a seven.

cackles （ present singular third-person ）

cackling （ participle present ）

cackled （ participle past ）

cackled （ past ）