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cackles

cackles is the plural of cackle.

cackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cackle.

Meaning of cackle

Noun

cackle (countable and uncountable, plural cackles)

  1. The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
    • I heard a grey hen cackling among the ling; I called and thought, "If I could get a sight of you now, it would be your last cackle;" just then I heard something moving behind me on the path.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 28
  2. A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
  3. Futile or excessively noisy talk.
    • There's no time to waste on silly cackle.1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet: All Quiet on the Greyfriars Front
  4. (collective) A group of hyenas.
    • A cackle of hyenas might take on one male lion, but two is one too many.2021, Brent Henderson, The Roar Within: Unleashing the Powerful Truth of Who You Really Are, Baker Publishing Group

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Questions about cackles

What is cackles the plural of?
Cackles is the plural of cackle.

Words near cackles in the dictionary

  1. cackleberries
  2. cackleberry
  3. cackled
  4. cackler
  5. cacklers
  6. cackles
  7. cackleth
  8. cackling
  9. cackling geese
  10. cackling goose
  11. cacklingly

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