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kackles

kackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kackle.

kackles is the plural of kackle.

Meaning of kackle

Verb

kackle (third-person singular simple present kackles, present participle kackling, simple past and past participle kackled)

  1. To make a kackle while jerking the head, signalling appeasement.
    • A bird 'kackling' while alighting may be ignored or greeted in return with weak 'kackles' and headjerks.2012, Joseph Michael Forshaw, Mark Shephard, Grassfinches in Australia, page 167

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Questions about kackles

What is kackles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Kackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kackle.

Words near kackles in the dictionary

  1. kack-handed
  2. kacked
  3. kacking
  4. kackle
  5. kackled
  6. kackles
  7. Kackley
  8. Kackleys
  9. kackling
  10. kacklings
  11. kacks

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