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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.] 1. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
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When every goose is cackling. Shak.
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2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. Arbuthnot.
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3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. Johnson.
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Cac"kle (?), n. 1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
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By her cackle saved the state. Dryden.
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2. Idle talk; silly prattle.
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There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.
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