Definition of cackle

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • cackle is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
  • cackle is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
  • cackle is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17

Definition of cackle


  • noisy talk (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. chatter
    2. yack
    3. yak
    4. yakety-yak
  • a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle (noun)
  • emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing (verb)
  • squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens (verb)
  • talk or utter in a cackling manner (verb)

    Examples

    1. The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine
  • the sound made by a hen after laying an egg (noun)

See definition of cackle in Merriam Webster