cackle
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cack·le
/ ˈkakəl/
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v. [intr.]
(of a bird, typically a hen or goose) give a raucous, clucking cry:
the hen was cackling as if demented.
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make a harsh sound resembling such a cry when laughing:
she cackled with laughter |
[tr.]
“Ah ha!” he cackled.
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n.
the raucous clucking cry of a bird such as a hen or a goose.
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a harsh laugh resembling such a cry:
her delighted cackle.
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Baron Piotr Nikolayevich Wrangel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Baron Piotr Nikolayevich Wrangel , 1878-1928, Russian general...early 1920 of the Denikin forces, Wrangel succeeded Denikin in command and soon...concentrate larger forces against him. Wrangel was forced back into the Crimea...
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