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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
cackle .
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Examples
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I bet she "cackled" with her machine gun laugh for an hour.
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"He did!" the hens cackled, meaning that Turkey Proudfoot had run away from the geese.
The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot Slumber-Town Tales Arthur Scott Bailey 1913
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So spoke Mrs. Tynan to her daughter, who alternately swung backwards and forwards in a big rocking-chair, silently gazing into the distant sky, or sat still and "cackled" as her mother had said.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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So spoke Mrs. Tynan to her daughter, who alternately swung backwards and forwards in a big rocking-chair, silently gazing into the distant sky, or sat still and "cackled" as her mother had said.
You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deserter. Volume 3. Gilbert Parker 1897
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So spoke Mrs. Tynan to her daughter, who alternately swung backwards and forwards in a big rocking-chair, silently gazing into the distant sky, or sat still and "cackled" as her mother had said.
You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deserter. Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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The man ran his eyes over Gideon and cackled, forcing smoke through his broken teeth.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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You think I'm mad, don't you - I'll show you who's mad!! , and cackled insanely before having to be restrained by Parliamentary aides.
Archive 2009-01-01 Dungeekin 2009
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You think I'm mad, don't you - I'll show you who's mad!! , and cackled insanely before having to be restrained by Parliamentary aides.
IMF Report Says UK 'Buggered' Dungeekin 2009
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They had to change the name to Que lindo cacareaba (How beautiful it cackled).
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Down below, the crowd cackled like a gang of birds.
Excerpt: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba 2009
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