Cac"kle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cackled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cackling (?).] [OE. cakelen; cf. LG. kakeln, D. kakelen, G. gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle, Cake to cackle.] 1. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

When every goose is cackling.
Shak.

2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. Arbuthnot.

3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. Johnson.

Cac"kle (?), n. 1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.

By her cackle saved the state.
Dryden.

2. Idle talk; silly prattle.

There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon.
Thackeray.