Cackly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characterised by cackling.

    "His voice rises and falls in a sly, scratchy singsong — no wonder he calls himself Weezy — that can sound like a cackly old man or a wisecracking kid."

Adjective
  1. 1
    like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg wordnet

Synonyms

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squawkysquawky

Example

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"His voice rises and falls in a sly, scratchy singsong — no wonder he calls himself Weezy — that can sound like a cackly old man or a wisecracking kid."

Etymology

From cackle + -ly.

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