cackle

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
2. (countable, uncountable) A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
3. (countable, uncountable) Futile or excessively noisy talk.
4. (collective, countable, uncountable) A group of hyenas.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
2. (intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
3. (intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
4. (slang, transitive) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.

Conceptes

cloquejar

escatainar

xerradissa

xerrameca

xerramenta

escaïnar

xerrola

cloqueig

escataineig

borbolla

claca

rall

riallada

Sinònims

cluck

chatter

laugh

😆

chuckle

chuck

giggle

gabble

honk

squawk

snicker

gobble

cackling

yakety-yak

tittering

gab

quack

gaggle

clack

snigger

titter

crow

giggling

yack

yak

yapp

babblement

gigle

chin wagging

line of gab

babble

prittle prattle

caw

chatterbox

chitchat

chortle

claptrap

click

clucking

croak

garrulity

garrulousness

guffaw

hiss

hoax

laughter

palaver

prate

prattle

rattle

roar

Traduccions

caqueter

caquet

gackern

cacarear

cacareo

schiamazzare

κακαρίζω

kakelen

cacarejar

Gegacker

schiamazzo

glousser

gekakel

schnattern

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkækəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: caclen

Heretat de anglès antic: *caclian

Cognat amb neerlandès: kakelen

Cognat amb alemany: kakeln

Cognat amb danès: kagle

Cognat amb suec: kackla

Cognat amb anglès antic: cahhetan

Cognat amb alemany: gackern

In summary

From 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.
Compare Dutch kakelen (“to cackle”), German Low German kakeln (“to cackle”), German kakeln (“to blather”), Danish kagle (“to cackle”), Swedish kackla (“to cackle”). Compare also Old English cahhetan, ċeahhettan (“to laugh loudly; cackle”), German gackern (“to cackle”).