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"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": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to laugh with a sound similar to a hen's cry",
"word": "rikani"
},
{
"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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