Cac"kle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cackled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cackling (?).] [OE. cakelen; cf. LG. kakeln, D. kakelen, G. gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle, Cake to cackle.]
1.
To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
When every goose is cackling.
Shak.
2.
To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
Arbuthnot.
3.
To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
Johnson.
© Webster 1913.
Cac"kle (?), n.
1.
The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
By her cackle saved the state.
Dryden.
2.
Idle talk; silly prattle.
There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon.
Thackeray.
© Webster 1913.