noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person or creature that cackles.
2. 2
   any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae wordnet
3. 3
   A speaker; a person who gives speeches. obsolete, slang

   "I never wath much of a Cackler, Thquire, and I have thed my thay."

4. 4
   a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

babblerbabbler

Example

More examples

"I never wath much of a Cackler, Thquire, and I have thed my thay."

Etymology

From Middle English cakelere, equivalent to cackle + -er.

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