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cackle/ˈkakl/
▶verb
- 1 (of a hen or goose) give a raucous clucking cry.
■ laugh in a loud, harsh way.
- 2 talk inconsequentially and at length.
– phrases
cut the cackle informal stop talking aimlessly and come to the point.
cut the cackle informal stop talking aimlessly and come to the point.
– origin ME: prob. from Mid. Low Ger. kākelen, partly imitative, reinforced by kāke ‘jaw, cheek’.
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