- to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.
- to laugh in a shrill, broken manner.
- to chatter noisily; prattle.
- to utter with cackles; express by cackling: They cackled their disapproval.
- the act or sound of cackling.
- chatter; idle talk.
- (esp of a hen) to squawk with shrill notes
- to laugh or chatter raucously
- to utter in a cackling manner
- the noise or act of cackling
- noisy chatter
- to stop chattering; be quiet