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
The men heard a cackle in their headsets as the radio signal to Mission Control faltered and then failed.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025
This show made me cry regularly, sometimes tears of joy, and also cackle aplenty.
From Salon • Jun. 28, 2025
This is a musical that treasures goofy imperfection, a scene where McInnerny does a funny little tap dance, or the joy in Shannon’s hyena cackle.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
Immediately I begin to laugh—a wild, hysterical cackle that despite all my efforts still sounds a little like a scream.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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