cackle

cackle
1. noun
1) (clucking of hen) Gackern, das
2) (laughter) [meckerndes] Gelächter; (laugh)

he gave a loud cackle — er prustete los (ugs.)

2. intransitive verb
1) [Henne:] gackern
2) (laugh) meckernd lachen
* * *
['kækl] 1. noun
1) (the sound made by a hen or goose.) das Gackern
2) (a laugh which sounds like this: an evil cackle.) das Gelächter
2. verb
(to make such a sound.) gackern
* * *
cack·le
[ˈkækl̩]
I. vi chicken, goose gackern; person also gackeln fam, gickeln DIAL fam
II. n
1. (chicken noise) Gackern nt kein pl
to give a \cackle gackern
2. (laughter) Gegacker nt fam, Gekicher nt; (noisy talk) Geschnatter nt pej fam
to cut the \cackle mit dem Geschnatter aufhören
* * *
['kkl]
1. n
(of hens) Gackern nt; (= laughter) (meckerndes) Lachen; (inf, = chatter) Geblödel nt (inf)
2. vi
(hens) gackern; (= laugh) meckernd lachen; (inf = talk) schwatzen
* * *
cackle [ˈkækl]
A v/i gackern (Huhn), schnattern (Gans), fig auch gackernd lachen
B v/t Worte etc (hervor)schnattern, gackern
C s Gegacker n, Geschnatter n, fig auch gackerndes Lachen:
cut the cackle! Br umg Schluss mit dem Geschnatter!
* * *
1. noun
1) (clucking of hen) Gackern, das
2) (laughter) [meckerndes] Gelächter; (laugh)

he gave a loud cackle — er prustete los (ugs.)

2. intransitive verb
1) [Henne:] gackern
2) (laugh) meckernd lachen
* * *
v.
gackern v.
schnattern v.

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