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cackle verb [ ˈkak(ə)l ]

• laugh in a loud, harsh way.
• "she cackled with laughter"
Similar: laugh loudly, laugh uproariously, guffaw, crow, chortle, chuckle, giggle, tee-hee, laugh like a drain,

cackle noun

• a loud, harsh laugh.
• "her delighted cackle"
Origin: Middle English: probably from Middle Low German kākelen, partly imitative, reinforced by kāke ‘jaw, cheek’.

cut the cackle

• stop talking aimlessly and come to the point.
"cut the cackle and just get us there"

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