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cackle (v.)
early 13c., imitative (see
cachinnation
); perhaps partly based on Middle Dutch
kake
"jaw," with frequentative suffix
-el
(3). Related:
Cackled
;
cackling
. As a noun from 1670s.
Cackleberries
, slang for "eggs" is first recorded 1880.
