cackle
To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose doesTo make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
» Did you hear those geese cackling?
Hast du die Gänse schnattern gehört?
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
gackern
make a noise characteristic of a goose
(intransitive)To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
The witch cackled evilly.
gackern
гогота́тьgogotátʹ, куда́хтатьkudáxtatʹ
(intransitive)To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
talk or utter in a cackling manner
(slang, transitive)To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.
Examples
15 sentencesDid you hear those geese cackling?
deHast du die Gänse schnattern gehört?
Rima was cackling like a witch.
Never cackle till your egg is laid.
Two cackling geese live by the pond.
deZwei schnatternde Gänse wohnen neben dem Teich.
She does nothing but talk and cackle.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English caclen, cakelen, perhaps from Old English *caclian, *cacolian, from PrFrom Middle English caclen, cakelen, perhaps from Old English *caclian, *cacolian, from Proto-West Germanic *kakulōn, *kakilōn (“to cackle, gaggle, yelp, snarl”), perhaps of imitative origin. By surface analysis, cack + -le.
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Forms
cackles, cackling, cackled, cackledSynonyms
1 synonyms- make a noise characteristic of a goose:gaggle
Word family
6 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