cackler
cackler · cacklers
A person or creature that cacklesA person or creature that cackles.
Meaning
2 sensesA person or creature that cackles.
(obsolete, slang)A speaker; a person who gives speeches.
More definitions
- a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk
- any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
Origin
From Middle English cakelere, equivalent to cackle + -er.From Middle English cakelere, equivalent to cackle + -er.
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Forms
plural: cacklersSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae:babbler