cackles

Noun

• the sound made by a hen after laying an egg
• noisy talk
• a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
• plural of cackle

Verb

• talk or utter in a cackling manner
• squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
• emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
• third-person singular simple present indicative of cackle

Synonyms

cackle, chatter, yack, yak, yakety-yak