cackler

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noun

A person or creature that cackles.

Similar
babbler
OriginMiddle English cakelere →
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Meanings

nouncackler (plural cacklers)

plural cacklers

  1. A person or creature that cackles.
  2. obsoleteslangA speaker; a person who gives speeches.

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

    1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times: A Novel

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae

Similar
babbler
Broader
oscineoscine bird
Also see
babbler

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishcakelere
  2. Englishcackler

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

crackleclacker
Cite this entry
APA

cackler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cackler

MLA

“cackler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cackler. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cackler,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cackler.

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