cack
To squawkTo squawk.
Meaning
8 sensesTo squawk.
2000, Minnesota Ornithologists′ Union, The Loon, Volumes 72-74, page 37, While the Gyrfalcon cacked loudly on each stoop, the owl did not scream.
To incorrectly play a note by hitting a partial other than the one intended.
The bugler hopes not to cack during his performance.
(Australian, slang)To laugh.
I had to cack when you fell down the stairs.
(intransitive)To defecate.
kacken
ка́катьkákatʹ
(transitive)To defecate (on); to shit.
(transitive)To excrete (something) by defecation.
(US, slang)To kill.
He tried to shoot me, so I cacked him.
To cheat.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Onomatopoeia; see cackle. From Middle English cakken, from Old English *cacian, from OldOnomatopoeia; see cackle.
From Middle English cakken, from Old English *cacian, from Old English cac (“dung; excrement”), from Latin cacāre (“excrete feces”).
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Forms
cacks, cacking, cacked, cackedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle