Word.ws English Dictionary

outcackling

outcackling is the present participle and gerund of outcackle.

Meaning of outcackle

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

Questions about outcackling

What is outcackling the present participle and gerund of?
Outcackling is the present participle and gerund of outcackle.

Words near outcackling in the dictionary

  1. outby
  2. outbye
  3. outcackle
  4. outcackled
  5. outcackles
  6. outcackling
  7. outcalculate
  8. outcalculated
  9. outcalculates
  10. outcalculating
  11. outcall

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: outcackling (page history and authors); outcackle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “outcackling.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/outcackling. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.