Cackle

(kăk'əl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. CACKLED; p. pr. & vb. n. CACKLING.] [L. Ger. kakeln, Dan. kaggle, D. gagelen, gaggelen, H. Ger. gackeln, gackern, from M. H. Ger. gagen, gägen, to make a noise as a goose, Eng. cackle. Cf. GAGGLE.]

1. To make a sharp, broken sound or noise, as a goose or hen does. “When every goose is cackling.” Shak.
2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a goose; to giggle. Arbuthnot.
3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. Johnson.