Definition of: cackle

(kak′əl) v. ·led, ·ling v.i.
1. To make a shrill cry, as a hen that has laid an egg.
2. To laugh or talk with a sound resembling this cry.
—v.t.
3. To utter in a cackling manner.
—noun
1. The shrill, broken cry made by a hen after laying an egg; the gabbling of a goose.
2. Idle talk; chattering or chuckling. See synonyms under BABBLE. [Imit.]
—cack′ler noun