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Cackled

To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

📖 Definitions of "Cackled"

verb
  1. 1

    To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

  2. 2

    To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.

    "The witch cackled evilly."

  3. 3

    To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cackled"

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chirpedverb(intransitive) To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.
squealedverb(ambitransitive) To scream with a shrill, prolonged sound.
shriekedverbuttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror
holleredverb(intransitive) To yell or shout.
chortledverb(intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.
jabberedverb(intransitive) To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
murmuredverb(intransitive) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter.
mutteredverb(transitive, intransitive) To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.
bellowedverbTo make a loud, deep, hollow noise like the roar of an angry bull.
hissedverb(intransitive) To make a hiss, a sibilant sound of air escaping.
smirkedverbTo smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.
yelpedverbTo utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.
titteredverbTo laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or restrained way, as from nervousness or poorly-suppressed amusement.
chuckledverbTo laugh quietly or inwardly.
growledverb(intransitive) To utter a deep guttural sound, as an angry animal; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound.
grinnedverb(intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
purredverb(intransitive, of a cat) To make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented or in certain other conditions.
giggledverbTo laugh gently in a playful, nervous, or affected manner.
exclaimedverb(intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
laughedverb(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

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