cackle
The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an eggThe cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
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» Did you hear those geese cackling?
Hast du die Gänse schnattern gehört? — raggione
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
Gackern, Gegacker
куда́хтаньеkudáxtanʹje
the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
(countable, uncountable)A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
Gackern, Gegacker
a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
(countable, uncountable)Futile or excessively noisy talk.
noisy talk
(collective, countable, uncountable)A group of hyenas.
Examples
15 sentencesDid you hear those geese cackling?
deHast du die Gänse schnattern gehört? — raggione
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. — Esperantostern
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
plural: cacklesSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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