Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fowl that cackles.
  • noun One who giggles.
  • noun A telltale; a tattler.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A fowl that cackles.
  • noun One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person or creature that cackles.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
  • noun a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk

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Examples

  • The great cackler is still talking about it herself in the pretense of admonishing McCain.

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  • Ilan had pulled the cackler off Fancy, and once he had the writhing creature on the ground next to its dead companion, Ilan beat against its head with his boot.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Trying to outrun a cackler was pointless; they were speedy and tireless.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • But one day on her way to school, Big Mama noticed that the cackler was gone.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Ilan had pulled the cackler off Fancy, and once he had the writhing creature on the ground next to its dead companion, Ilan beat against its head with his boot.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • But one day on her way to school, Big Mama noticed that the cackler was gone.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Ilan had pulled the cackler off Fancy, and once he had the writhing creature on the ground next to its dead companion, Ilan beat against its head with his boot.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Trying to outrun a cackler was pointless; they were speedy and tireless.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Trying to outrun a cackler was pointless; they were speedy and tireless.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • But one day on her way to school, Big Mama noticed that the cackler was gone.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

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