<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to utter a shrill, broken sound or cry, as of a hen.</li><li>to laugh in a shrill, broken manner.</li><li>to chatter noisily; prattle.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to utter with cackles; express by cackling: They cackled their disapproval.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or sound of cackling.</li><li>chatter; idle talk.</li></ul>