Cackle vs. Cluck — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cackle and Cluck
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Cackle
To make the shrill cry characteristic of a hen after laying an egg.
Cluck
The characteristic sound made by a hen when brooding or calling its chicks.
Cackle
To laugh or talk in a shrill manner.
Cluck
A sound similar to this.
Cackle
To utter in cackles
Cackled a sarcastic reply.
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Cluck
(Informal) A stupid or foolish person.
Cackle
The act or sound of cackling.
Cluck
To utter the characteristic sound of a hen.
Cackle
Shrill laughter.
Cluck
To make a sound similar to that of a hen, as in coaxing a horse.
Cackle
Foolish chatter.
Cluck
To call by making the characteristic sound of a hen or a similar sound.
Cackle
The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
Cluck
To express by clucking
He clucked disapproval.
Cackle
A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
Cluck
The sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks.
Cackle
Futile or excessively noisy talk.
Cluck
Any sound similar to this.
Cackle
A group of hyenas.
Cluck
A kind of tongue click used to urge on a horse.
Cackle
(intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
Cluck
(intransitive) To make such a sound.
Cackle
(intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
The witch cackled evilly.
Cluck
(transitive) To cause (the tongue) to make a clicking sound.
My mother clucked her tongue in disapproval.
Cackle
(intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
Cluck
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
Cackle
To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.
Cluck
To suffer withdrawal from heroin.
Cackle
To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
When every goose is cackling.
Cluck
To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.
Cackle
To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
Cluck
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
She, poor hen, fond of no second brood,Has clucked three to the wars.
Cackle
To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
Cluck
The call of a hen to her chickens.
Cackle
The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
By her cackle saved the state.
Cluck
A click. See 3d Click, 2.
Cackle
Idle talk; silly prattle.
There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon.
Cluck
The sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks)
Cackle
The sound made by a hen after laying an egg
Cluck
Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
Cackle
Noisy talk
Cackle
A loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle
Cackle
Talk or utter in a cackling manner;
The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine
Cackle
Squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
Cackle
Emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing
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