cackle

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.countableuncountable

• I heard a grey hen cackling among the ling; I called and thought, "If I could get a sight of you now, it would be your last cackle;" just then I heard something moving behind me on the path.

A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.countableuncountable

Futile or excessively noisy talk.countableuncountable

• There's no time to waste on silly cackle.

A group of hyenas.collectivecountableuncountable

• A cackle of hyenas might take on one male lion, but two is one too many.
• A single male lion facing a cackle of hyenas may feel dominant enough to choose to fight them.

To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.intransitive

• When every goose is cackling.
• I heard a grey hen cackling among the ling; I called and thought, "If I could get a sight of you now, it would be your last cackle;" just then I heard something moving behind me on the path.

To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.intransitive

• The witch cackled evilly.

To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.intransitive

• It is also the business of a sensible government, not to cackle on its discoveries

To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.slangtransitive

• 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.