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cackle
English
Etymology
From Middle English caclen, cakelen. Compare Dutch kakelen (“to cackle”), German Low German kakeln (“to cackle”), German kakeln (“to blather”), Danish kagle (“to cackle”), Swedish kackla (“to cackle”). Compare also Old English cahhetan, ?eahhettan (“to laugh loudly; cackle”), German gackern (“to cackle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæk?l/
- Rhymes: -æk?l
Noun
cackle (countable and uncountable, plural cackles)
- The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
- A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
- Futile or excessively noisy talk.
- 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet, All Quiet on the Greyfriars Front
- There's no time to waste on silly cackle.
- 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet, All Quiet on the Greyfriars Front
- A group of hyenas.
Translations
Verb
cackle (third-person singular simple present cackles, present participle cackling, simple past and past participle cackled)
- (intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
- (intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
- (intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (transitive, gambling, slang) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.
- 1941, Mignon Good Eberhart, The Third Mystery Book: Six Short Mysteries (page 120)
- Danny cackled the dice furiously in his cupped hand, then rolled them so they stopped inches from Slattery's hands. The result was the same as before - a seven.
- 2015, Jack Engelhard, The Prince of Dice (page 11)
- […] they spun all right, or so it seemed, and hit the wall all right, or so it seemed, but bottom line was this: The stirring of the dice was merely cackling, the cubes artfully framed so that the spots in the kid's fists showed 4?4 up?right and weren't really rattled but rather, held in control by the pinky, forefinger and thumb; […]
- 1941, Mignon Good Eberhart, The Third Mystery Book: Six Short Mysteries (page 120)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:laugh
Translations
See also
- cluck
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howl
English
Etymology
From Middle English howlen, houlen, from Old English *h?lian, from Proto-Germanic *h?wil?n?, *hiuwil?n? (“to howl”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?-, *kew- (“to howl, scream”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian huulje (“to howl”), Dutch huilen (“to howl”), Old French ouler,German Low German hulen (“to howl”), German heulen (“to howl”), Danish hyle (“to howl”),Swedish yla (“to scream, yell”), Northern Luri ?????? (??ir, “howl”)
Pronunciation
- enPR: houl, IPA(key): /ha?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Noun
howl (plural howls)
- The protracted, mournful cry of a dog, wolf or other canid; also of other animals.
- Any similar sound.
- A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
Derived terms
- Irish howl
Translations
Verb
howl (third-person singular simple present howls, present participle howling, simple past and past participle howled)
- To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, The Moone Calfe
- And dogs in corners set them down to howl.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, The Moone Calfe
- To utter a sound expressive of pain or distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
- To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
- c. 1809 Walter Scott, The Poacher
- To utter with outcry.
- to howl derision
Translations
Cornish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *s?wol (compare Welsh haul, Breton heol; compare also Irish súil (“eye”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh?wl?.
Noun
howl m (plural howlyow)
- sun
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