cackle
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Presiding over the baddies, Jared Leto’s blue-skinned, caped, literally boneheaded man-demon Skeletor is meant to be the fiercest of antagonists, but even his own henchmen find his signature evil cackle to be a bit laughable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
This show made me cry regularly, sometimes tears of joy, and also cackle aplenty.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2025
At one point, Ohtani snapped his head back with a high-pitched cackle, giggling with a wide smile planted on his face.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024
“We come in here and all of our heads can look in like this and collaborate,” she said, adding with a kidlike cackle, “Isn’t it fun?”
From New York Times • May 2, 2024
Bellatrix, however, let out a cackle of triumphant laughter.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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