Word Meanings - CACKLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle, Cake to 1. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does. When every goose is cackling. Shak. 2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.

Additional info about word: CACKLE

gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle, Cake to 1. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does. When every goose is cackling. Shak. 2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. Arbuthnot. 3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. Johnson.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CACKLE)

• Cachinnation
• Grin
• chuckle
• giggle
• snigger
• titter
• cackle
• Chatter
• Rattle
• jabber
• prattle
• twaddle
• Chuckle
• crow
• Crow
• Exult
• rejoice
• boast
• Vaunt
• Boast
• brag
• puff
• hawk
• trumpet
• advertise
• flourish
• cry
• parade

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• RATTLESNAKE
  Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp ratting sound when shaken. The common
• GIGGLE
  A kind of laugh, with short catches of the voice or breath; a light, silly laugh.
• TRUMPET
  A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves
• BOASTFUL
  Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. -- Boast"ful*ness, n.
• SNIGGER
  See DICKENS
• TITTER-TOTTER
  See TEETER
• CHUCKLEHEAD
  A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. Knowles.
• BOASTER
  A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.
• TITTEREL
  The whimbrel.
• TRUMPET-TONGUED
  Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech.
• VAUNTER
  One who vaunts; a boaster.
• EXULTING
  Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant. -- Ex*ult"ing*ly, adv.
• RATTLETRAP
  Any machine or vehicle that does not run smoothly. A. Trollope.
• CACKLE
  1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg. By her cackle saved the state. Dryden. 2. Idle talk; silly prattle. There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.
• BOAST
  1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging. Reason and morals and where live they most, In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! Byron. 2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation. The boast
• RATTLE
  1. To cause to make a ratting or clattering sound; as, to rattle a chain. 2. To assail, annoy, or stun with a ratting noise. Sound but another , and another shall As loud as thine rattle the welkin's ear. Shak. 3. Hence, to disconcert; to confuse;
• FLOURISHINGLY
  , adv. In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.
• PRATTLE
  To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk. (more info) Etym:
• CHATTERATION
  The act or habit of chattering.
• VAUNT
  To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag. Pride, which prompts a man to vaunt and overvalue what he is, does incline him to disvalue what he has. Gov. of Tongue.
• AVAUNTOUR
  A boaster. Chaucer.
• REJOICE
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• BERATTLE
  To make rattle; to scold vociferously; to cry down. Shak.
• RATTLEWINGS
  The golden-eye.
• STRUMPET
  A prostitute; a harlot. Shak. (more info) debauchery, F. stupe, L. stuprare, stupratum, to debauch, stuprum