cackling

verb

Definition of cacklingnext
present participle of cackle
1
as in chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation a group of old friends who met regularly to laugh and cackle about their glory days

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2
as in laughing
to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound she cackled with glee when her tax-evading neighbor finally got caught

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cackling
  1. chatting
  2. laughing
  3. talking
  4. giggling
Verb
  • Grew up helping and chatting to customers in his mother’s nail salon and went on to work in Paris for Maison Margiela under John Galliano, Mai feels strongly about his Vietnamese heritage as well as Texan/American roots.
    Angela Lei, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • There are also a few basic apps like WhatsApp for chatting with friends, but the company is on a mission to reduce screen time, so it’s designed to for minimum obsession and maximum pink pride.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of chatting
Verb
  • Luckily his audience spent much of the time laughing along with him.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
  • But the sight of the band watching themselves on television later that night and laughing at their own jokes is just as charming as the banter.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of laughing
Verb
  • As this all unfolds in court, the people are talking.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
  • There was only the sound of talking in the background.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of talking
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  • Fulton’s grooves are squirrelly as ever, a haywire riot of laser zaps and giggling güiros, ’60s funk and samba schools, bumblebee Moogs and tumbling congas.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Something about the juxtaposition of hushed contemplation and giggling baby makes people unreasonably happy.
    Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of giggling
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