MEANING
To make a sharp, repeated laugh or call.
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Words that belong together
- cackle with laughter
- cackling hens
On the page
A cackle of laughter broke the silence.
Word forms
- Base
- cackle
- Past tense
- cackled
- Past participle
- cackled
- Present participle
- cackling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- cackle
- Present continuous
- am/is/are cackling
- Present perfect
- have/has cackled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been cackling
- Past
- cackled
- Past continuous
- was/were cackling
- Past perfect
- had cackled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been cackling
- Future
- will cackle
- Future continuous
- will be cackling
- Future perfect
- will have cackled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been cackling
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Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: cackle; cackles; cackled; cackled; cackling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: cackles.
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