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"word": "gdakać"
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"word": "кокода́ка"
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"_dis1": "17 80 2 2",
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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},
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"_dis1": "17 80 2 2",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
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},
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"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
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"word": "гогота́ть"
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "куда́хтать"
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"_dis1": "17 80 2 2",
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"ref": "1860, P. Thomspon, Audi Alteration[???]",
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"ref": "1941, Mignon Good Eberhart, The Third Mystery Book: Six Short Mysteries, page 120",
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"ref": "2015, Jack Engelhard, The Prince of Dice, page 11",
"text": "[…] 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; […]",
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gingrītus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kokodákanje",
"sense": "cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кокода́кање"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "klukk"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kakkel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gdakanie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg",
"word": "cacarejo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kudáxtanʹje",
"sense": "cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "куда́хтанье"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cacareo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kackel"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kikotene",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кикотене"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "chechtání"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zachechtání"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"word": "skřehotavý smích"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gekakel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snaterlach"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kakellach"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "gegaggel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"word": "kaakatus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ricanement"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gloussement"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gackern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gegacker"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"word": "vihogás"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kokodákanje",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "кокода́кање"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"word": "ketekete"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "klukk"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kakkel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kackel"
}
],
"word": "cackle"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ækəl",
"Rhymes:English/ækəl/2 syllables",
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"en:Laughter",
"en:Talking"
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{
"word": "autem cackle tub"
},
{
"word": "cackle bladder"
},
{
"word": "cackle-bladder"
},
{
"word": "cackle fruit"
},
{
"word": "cackling goose"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "caclen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English caclen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "cakelen"
},
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{
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"2": "ang",
"3": "*caclian"
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{
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"1": "ang",
"2": "*cacolian"
},
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*kakulōn"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*kakilōn",
"t": "to cackle, gaggle, yelp, snarl"
},
"expansion": "*kakilōn (“to cackle, gaggle, yelp, snarl”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "kakelen",
"t": "to cackle"
},
"expansion": "Dutch kakelen (“to cackle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "kakeln",
"t": "to cackle"
},
"expansion": "German Low German kakeln (“to cackle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "kakeln",
"t": "to blather"
},
"expansion": "German kakeln (“to blather”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "kagle",
"t": "to cackle"
},
"expansion": "Danish kagle (“to cackle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "kackla",
"t": "to cackle"
},
"expansion": "Swedish kackla (“to cackle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "cahhetan"
},
"expansion": "Old English cahhetan",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ċeahhettan",
"t": "to laugh loudly; cackle"
},
"expansion": "ċeahhettan (“to laugh loudly; cackle”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gackern",
"t": "to cackle"
},
"expansion": "German gackern (“to cackle”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English caclen, cakelen, perhaps from Old English *caclian, *cacolian, from Proto-West Germanic *kakulōn, *kakilōn (“to cackle, gaggle, yelp, snarl”), perhaps of imitative origin. 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, ċeahhettan (“to laugh loudly; cackle”), German gackern (“to cackle”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cackles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "cackling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "cackled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "cackled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "cackle (third-person singular simple present cackles, present participle cackling, simple past and past participle cackled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "cluck"
}
],
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"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 28",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The witch cackled evilly.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry."
],
"links": [
[
"laugh",
"laugh"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1860, P. Thomspon, Audi Alteration[???]",
"text": "It is also the business of a sensible government, not to cackle on its discoveries",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To talk in a silly manner; to prattle."
],
"links": [
[
"prattle",
"prattle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Gambling"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1941, Mignon Good Eberhart, The Third Mystery Book: Six Short Mysteries, page 120",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Jack Engelhard, The Prince of Dice, page 11",
"text": "[…] 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; […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation."
],
"links": [
[
"gambling",
"gambling#Noun"
],
[
"rattle",
"rattle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, gambling, slang) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"gambling",
"games"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkækəl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ækəl"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "krjakam",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "крякам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kdákat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zakdákat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "kakelen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "snateren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "gaggelen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "gaki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "kaakattaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "kaklattaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "caqueter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "cacarexar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "gackern"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "kotkodácsol"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "klukar"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "gingriō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "kotokoto"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "ketekete"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "klukke"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "kakle"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gdakać"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "cacarear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does",
"word": "kackla"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kikotja se",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "кикотя се"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zachechtat se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "chechtat se"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "kakelen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "snateren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "gaggelen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "kakellachen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "snaterlachen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "käkättää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "kaakattaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "caqueter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "gackern"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "vihog"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kokodáka",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "кокода́ка"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "ketekete"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "caqu'ter"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "klukke"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "kakle"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "cacarejar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gogotátʹ",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "гогота́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "cluck like a hen",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kudáxtatʹ",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "куда́хтать"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "kackla"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "akukmak"
}
],
"word": "cackle"
}
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