cackler

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cack·le

(kăk′əl)

v. cack·led, cack·ling, cack·les

v.intr.

1. To make the shrill cry characteristic of a hen after laying an egg.

2. To laugh or talk in a shrill manner.

v.tr.

To utter in cackles: cackled a sarcastic reply.

1. The act or sound of cackling.

2. Shrill laughter.

3. Foolish chatter.

[Middle English cakelen, probably from Middle Low German kākeln, of imitative origin.]

cack′ler n.

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Noun	1.	cackler - a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk biddy, hen - adult female chicken
	2.	cackler - any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae babbler oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus genus Timalia, Timalia - type genus of the Timaliidae

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I never wath much of a Cackler, Thquire, and I have thed my thay.'

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