cackle

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CACKLE, verb intransitive 1. To make a particular noise, as a goose or a hen. 2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling o a goose; to giggle, which is a word from the same root. 3. To prate; to prattle; to tattle; to talk in a silly manner. CACKLE, noun 1. The broken noise of a goose or hen. 2. Idle talk; silly prattle.
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