v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Cackled 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

When every goose is cackling. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg. [ 1913 Webster ]

By her cackle saved the state. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Idle talk; silly prattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A fowl that cackles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The broken noise of a goose or a hen. [ 1913 Webster ]