Meaning & use

Cackler

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One who cackles, whether a hen making its characteristic clucking cry or a person laughing in a harsh, shrill way.

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The old hen was the loudest cackler in the coop.

He was known around the office as a nervous cackler whenever he got anxious.

A note on using this word

In old thieves' slang, a "cackler" was also a term for a hen itself, kept for its noisy egg-laying announcement.

Words with a similar meaning

chatterer

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