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outcackle

outcackle verb: to cackle more or louder than.

Verb

outcackle (third-person singular simple present outcackles, present participle outcackling, simple past and past participle outcackled)

  1. (transitive) To cackle more or louder than.
    • There is a great many breeds of hens, just now, but the old-fashioned speckled hen breed is the most flattering. After she has laid an egg, she ain't afraid to say so, and can outcackle all other breeds.1953, Donald Day, Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh, page 129

Forms of outcackle

third-person singular presentoutcackles
present participleoutcackling
past participleoutcackled
pastoutcackled

Origin of outcackle

From out- + cackle.

Questions about outcackle

What does outcackle mean?
Outcackle means to cackle more or louder than.
What part of speech is outcackle?
Outcackle is a verb.
What is the past tense of outcackle?
The past tense of outcackle is outcackled.

Words near outcackle in the dictionary

  1. outbuzzed
  2. outbuzzes
  3. outbuzzing
  4. outby
  5. outbye
  6. outcackle
  7. outcackled
  8. outcackles
  9. outcackling
  10. outcalculate
  11. outcalculated

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