cackle
[verb]
Synonyms: chat, babble, burble, chatter, clack, gab, gas, jaw, prattle, run on
[noun]
Synonyms: chatter, babble, blab, blabber, blatter, chat, clack, gab, gabble, prattle

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English Thesaurus: laugh, giggle, chuckle, snigger, titter, ...

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I. cack‧le¹ /ˈkækəl/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1100-1200; Origin: From the sound]

1. to laugh in a loud unpleasant way, making short high sounds

2. when a chicken cackles, it makes a loud high sound

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II. cackle² noun [countable]

1. a loud high sound that a chicken makes ⇒ cluck

2. a short high unpleasant laugh

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cackle
noun
VERB + CACKLE give, let out The old woman gave a cackle of laughter.
hear
PHRASES a cackle of laughter

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cackle
verb
ADV. loudly, wildly He cackled wildly at the thought.
PREP. with to cackle with delight/glee/laughter/mirth/pleasure

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laugh to make sounds with your voice and move your face, because you think that something is funny:
He looked so funny that we couldn’t stop laughing.
giggle to laugh quickly in a high voice, especially in a slightly silly way, or because you are nervous or embarrassed:
A group of teenage girls were giggling in a corner.
She tends to giggle when she meets new people.
chuckle to laugh quietly, especially because you are thinking about or reading something funny:
He was chuckling to himself over an article in the paper.
‘We used to get up to all kinds of mischief.’ She chuckled at the memory.
snigger British English, snicker American English to laugh quietly in an unkind or unpleasant way, for example when someone is hurt or embarrassed:
Billy stood up and started to sing, and one or two people sniggered.
titter to laugh quietly in a high voice, especially about something that is rude or about sex, or is embarrassing for someone:
As a nation we love to titter over politicians’ sex scandals.
schoolboys tittering over a magazine
roar with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a deep voice:
I could hear my father roaring with laughter at something on TV.
shriek with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a high voice:
Patsy chased him down the stairs, shrieking with laughter.
howl with laughter to laugh very loudly – used especially about a group of people laughing together:
His plays have made audiences howl with laughter.
in stitches laughing so much that you cannot stop:
It was such a funny film – it had us all in stitches.
guffaw /ɡəˈfɔː $ -ˈfɒː/ to laugh very loudly and without trying to stop yourself:
The audience guffawed at his nonstop jokes.
cackle to laugh loudly in an unpleasant way:
The old woman cackled at the trouble she was causing.
get the giggles (=start to giggle)
Now every time he looks at me I get the giggles.
have the giggles (=laugh in a way that is difficult to control)
The girls had the giggles, and couldn’t stop laughing.
give a giggle (=to laugh)
She gave a little giggle.
give somebody the giggles (=make someone laugh)
The way he was waving his arms around gave us the giggles.
stifle/suppress a giggle (=try to not laugh)
Britta covered her mouth to stifle a giggle.
collapse/dissolve into giggles (= start laughing a lot)
Victor tickled the little boy, who dissolved into giggles.
a fit of (the) giggles (=a short time when you laugh a lot in a way you cannot control)
The boys collapsed in a fit of giggles.
a nervous giggle
She gave a nervous giggle before answering.
a hysterical giggle (=that someone cannot control)
The children were all in hysterical giggles.
a high-pitched giggle
The young man gave a high-pitched giggle.

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laugh to make sounds with your voice and move your face, because you think that something is funny:
He looked so funny that we couldn’t stop laughing.
giggle to laugh quickly in a high voice, especially in a slightly silly way, or because you are nervous or embarrassed:
A group of teenage girls were giggling in a corner.
She tends to giggle when she meets new people.
chuckle to laugh quietly, especially because you are thinking about or reading something funny:
He was chuckling to himself over an article in the paper.
‘We used to get up to all kinds of mischief.’ She chuckled at the memory.
snigger British English, snicker American English to laugh quietly in an unkind or unpleasant way, for example when someone is hurt or embarrassed:
Billy stood up and started to sing, and one or two people sniggered.
titter to laugh quietly in a high voice, especially about something that is rude or about sex, or is embarrassing for someone:
As a nation we love to titter over politicians’ sex scandals.
schoolboys tittering over a magazine
roar with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a deep voice:
I could hear my father roaring with laughter at something on TV.
shriek with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a high voice:
Patsy chased him down the stairs, shrieking with laughter.
howl with laughter to laugh very loudly – used especially about a group of people laughing together:
His plays have made audiences howl with laughter.
in stitches laughing so much that you cannot stop:
It was such a funny film – it had us all in stitches.
guffaw /ɡəˈfɔː $ -ˈfɒː/ to laugh very loudly and without trying to stop yourself:
The audience guffawed at his nonstop jokes.
cackle to laugh loudly in an unpleasant way:
The old woman cackled at the trouble she was causing.
give/let out a laugh
She gave a loud laugh.
get a laugh (also draw a laugh British English written) (=be laughed at)
Most of his jokes didn’t even get a laugh.
get a laugh out of somebody (=make someone laugh)
I always managed to get a laugh out of my audience.
have a laugh about/at/over something (=laugh about something)
The farmer had a good laugh at our attempts to catch the horse.
I could use a laugh (=I want to hear something funny to cheer me up)
Tell me what she said - I could use a laugh.
a good laugh
We all got a good laugh out of it later.
a big laugh
There was a big laugh from the crowd.
a short/little/small laugh
He let out a nervous little laugh.
a loud/soft laugh
He let out a loud laugh when he heard what had happened.
a belly laugh (=a deep loud laugh)
It’s the kind of comedy that raises a smile rather than a belly laugh.
a hearty laugh (=a loud laugh that shows you really enjoyed something)
With a hearty laugh, he began to tell the story.
a nervous laugh
‘Don’t be silly,’ she said with a nervous laugh.

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