cackle

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

gackern

kichern

schnattern

Gegacker

grellend lachen

lautes Gelächter

schallendes Gelächter

Synonyme

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

Übersetzungen

caqueter

caquet

schiamazzare

cacarear

cacareo

κακαρίζω

cacarejo

schiamazzo

gekakel

glousser

escatainar

kakelen

cacarejar

cloquejar

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈkækəl/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: caclen

Geerbt von Altenglisch: *caclian

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: kakelen

Verwandt mit Deutsch: kakeln

Verwandt mit Dänisch: kagle

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: kackla

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: cahhetan

Verwandt mit Deutsch: 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”).