Meaning & use
cackling
Laughing in a loud, harsh way, or making the sharp clucking sound a hen makes after laying an egg.
See it in a sentence
The witches in the story were always cackling over their bubbling cauldron.
Hens went cackling around the yard after the fox startled them.
A note on using this word
Cackling usually suggests a harsh or slightly sinister laugh, unlike a warm chuckle or giggle.
Words with a similar meaning
chucklingchortling
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A loud, harsh laugh or the sharp clucking sound made by a hen.
A burst of cackling came from the henhouse just before dawn.
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