cackle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
• Derivationally related forms:
cackly
• Hypernyms:
cry
2. noisy talk
• Syn:
yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter
• Derivationally related forms:
chatter (for: chatter), yack (for: yack)
• Hypernyms:
talk, talking
• Hyponyms:
prate, prattle, idle talk, blether, chin music
3. a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
• Hypernyms:
laugh, laughter

II - verb

1. talk or utter in a cackling manner (Freq. 2)
- The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine
• Derivationally related forms:
cackler
• Hypernyms:
talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Sam and Sue cackle
2. squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
cackler
• Hypernyms:
utter, emit, let out, let loose
• Hyponyms:
gaggle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
laugh, express joy, express mirth
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter