cackle

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

schiamazzare

schiamazzo

cicaleccio

coccodè

parlottio

risata

starnazzare

chiacchierio

cicalamento

cicalio

verso

favellio

chiacchiericcio

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

caqueter

caquet

gackern

cacareo

cacarear

κακαρίζω

glousser

cacarejar

schnattern

kichern

Gegacker

kakelen

gekakel

escatainar

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkækəl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: caclen

Ereditato da inglese antico: *caclian

Affine olandese: kakelen

Affine tedesco: kakeln

Affine danese: kagle

Affine svedese: kackla

Affine inglese antico: cahhetan

Affine tedesco: 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”).