[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cackle \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.
      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
see also:
cackled cackling gagle cake 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cackling \cac"kling\, n.
   the broken noise of a goose or a hen.
   1913 webster cacochymia

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