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verb | noun cacklecackle1 /ˈkækəl/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYcackle1Origin: 1100-1200 from the sound VERB TABLEcackle |
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 |
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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 |
THESAURUSmake sound► laugh to make sounds with your voice, usually while you are smiling, because you think something is funny: Maria looked at him and laughed. We were laughing so hard we couldn’t stop. ► giggle to laugh quickly in a high voice: A group of teenage girls were whispering and giggling in a corner. ► chuckle to laugh quietly in a low voice: He sat reading a magazine, chuckling to himself. ► snicker/snigger to laugh quietly in a way that is not nice to someone: A few people in the audience snickered when the actor forgot his lines. ► cackle to laugh loudly in an unpleasant way: The evil witch cackled and danced around the room. ► guffaw to laugh very loudly and without trying to stop yourself. Used especially in writing: The story was so funny that he bent over and guffawed, slapping his knees. ► roar/howl/shriek with laughter to laugh very loudly because something is very funny: The crowd roared with laughter when the performers got splashed with water. 1when a chicken cackles, it makes a loud high sound2to laugh in a loud way that does not sound nice, making short high sounds ► see thesaurus at laugh1 [Origin: 1100–1200 from the sound] verb | noun cacklecackle2 noun [countable, uncountable] a short high laugh that does not sound nice: loud cackles of amusement |