单词	cackle
释义	cackle1 verbcackle2 noun cacklecack‧le1 /ˈkækəl/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcackle1 Origin: 1100-1200 From the sound Verb Table VERB TABLE cackle Simple Form Present I, you, we, they cackle he, she, it cackles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they cackled Present perfect I, you, we, they have cackled he, she, it has cackled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had cackled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will cackle Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have cackled Continuous Form Present I am cackling he, she, it is cackling you, we, they are cackling Past I, he, she, it was cackling you, we, they were cackling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been cackling he, she, it has been cackling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been cackling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be cackling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been cackling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES "Oh we've got him now!" I cackled, dancing round the room. When I said this, he started cackling like a madman. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A police car radio cackled raucously. He kept laughing, cackling, making wild, insane remarks. In telling it, he cackled like a corncrake and waved his arms about. Mad machines gibbered, cackled, screeched insanely and blasted each other with sudden bursts of machine gun fire. She begins cackling, smacking her lips, like a child thinking of a turkey dinner. She is apt to cackle evilly. The hens clambered in, cackling with delight and greed. Thesaurus THESAURUS► 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 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. Longman Language Activatorto laugh loudly► roar/howl/shriek etc with laughter to laugh very loudly because you think something is very funny: · Patsy chased him down the stairs, shrieking with laughter.roar/howl/shriek etc with laughter at: · Dad was roaring with laughter at something on TV and didn't hear me come in.· They howled with laughter at their own jokes. ► laugh out loud to suddenly laugh loudly because you think a situation, someone's words, something you are reading etc is very funny: · John threw back his head and laughed out loud.· Wodehouse is one of the few writers who can make me laugh out loud. ► cackle to laugh loudly and unpleasantly in a high voice, like someone who is mad: · When I said this, he started cackling like a madman.· "Oh we've got him now!" I cackled, dancing round the room. ► roar/howl/peal etc of laughter a very loud laugh : · With a roar of laughter, he lifted her off her feet and swung her round.· Everyone burst into peals of laughter. WORD SETS► Birds auk, nounbald eagle, nounbeak, nounbill, nounbird, nounbirdie, nounbird of paradise, nounbird of passage, nounbird of prey, nounbirdsong, nounblackbird, nounbluebird, nounbluejay, nounbobwhite, nounbreast, nounbuzzard, nouncackle, verbchick, nounclaw, nouncob, nouncock, nouncockerel, nouncockscomb, nouncolouring, nouncondor, nouncoo, verbcoot, nouncormorant, nouncorncrake, nouncrane, nouncrest, nouncrested, adjectivecrop, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcuckoo, nouncurlew, nouncygnet, noundickybird, noundipper, noundive, verbdodo, noundove, noundown, nounduck, nounduckling, nouneagle, nouneaglet, nounegret, nounemu, nounfeather, nounflamingo, nounfledgling, nounflight, nounfly, verbflycatcher, nounfowl, noungander, noungannet, noungizzard, noungobble, verbgobbler, noungolden eagle, noungoldfinch, noungoose, noungrebe, noungrouse, nounguillemot, nounguinea fowl, nounhackles, nounhatch, verbhawk, nounheron, nounhonk, nounhonk, verbhoot, nounhoot, verbhornbill, nounhouse martin, nounhumming bird, nounincubate, verbjackdaw, nounjay, nounkestrel, nounkingfisher, nounkite, nounkiwi, nounlark, nounlay, verblinnet, nounloon, nounlovebird, nounmacaw, nounmagpie, nounmallard, nounmarabou, nounmartin, nounmeadowlark, nounmigrant, nounmockingbird, nounmoorhen, nounmoult, verbmynah bird, nounnest, nounnest, verbnestling, nounnightingale, nounoriole, nounornithologist, nounornithology, nounosprey, nounostrich, nounowl, nounowlet, nounparakeet, nounparrot, nounpartridge, nounpeacock, nounpeafowl, nounpeahen, nounpeck, verbpeck, nounpeewit, nounpelican, nounpenguin, nounperch, nounperch, verbperegrine falcon, nounpetrel, nounpipit, nounplover, nounplumage, nounplume, verbpullet, nounquail, nounquill, nounraven, nounroadrunner, nounrobin, nounrook, nounroost, nounroost, verbrooster, nounruff, nounsandpiper, nounseabird, nounseagull, nounshag, nounsing, verbskylark, nounsnipe, nounsong, nounsongbird, nounsongster, nounsparrow, nounstarling, nounswallow, nounswan, nounswift, nounswoop, verbtalon, nounteal, nountern, nounthrush, nountit, nountoucan, nountrill, nounturkey, nounturtledove, nountwitter, verbvulture, nounwader, nounwagtail, nounwarble, verbwarbler, nounwater bird, nounwaterfowl, nounwebbed, adjectiveweb-footed, adjectivewhistle, verbwing, nounwinged, adjectivewingspan, nounwingtip, nounwishbone, nounwren, nounyellowhammer, noun 1to laugh in a loud unpleasant way, making short high sounds ► see thesaurus at laugh2when a chicken cackles, it makes a loud high sound cackle1 verbcackle2 noun cacklecackle2 noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES loud cackles of amusement There was a cackle from the old lady. "I know what you're after." EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And finally, there are the ones that seem little more than a cue for a really good cackle. How would you put his cackle in print or produce that grin with parentheses and colons? In his classes, he subjected students to the cackles of mechanical laugh boxes to test their reactions. Nor, it must be said, a hoot, chuckle, chortle, crow or cackle. Spider let out a weird high-pitched cackle that scared Miguel. 1a loud high sound that a chicken makes → cluck2a short high unpleasant laugh
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