cackle

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

If you don't know her, you're likely to know her famous cackle which has become her trademark.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025

“The sound of her humiliating cackle still haunts me,” Morticia tells her daughter, recounting the experience of her own mom, Hester, reading one of her earlier manuscripts and shaming her for it.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2025

The barely audible cackle of candle kept me company in a stark warehouse room, a setting that felt illicit while the small flame’s fragility reminded me that I needed to make a decision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2025

I cackle with rage and suck in breath.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

The red-headed fairy cackles, “Your hard work didn’t pay off!”

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

All week I’d reveled in the cackles of leaf monkeys, hoots of gibbons, and barks of macaques, plus choruses of birds and frogs—all backed by the hums and whines of insects.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024

As we turn the corner into his office, the cheekily self-proclaimed “horror master” cackles at the sight that greets all who dare to enter: a life-size cardboard cut-out of “Believe”-era Justin Bieber.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

In “Breaking Bad,” Walter White, in a memorable moment of desperation inside the crawl space in his home, bursts out sobbing, which turns into disturbing cackles echoing through the house.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

Alone in the village, all is quiet except for the muffled grunts of pigs and cackles of chicken.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

A troupe of local performers enacted boxing and wrestling matches as the crowd cackled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

I laid on the couch and cackled like an idiot while my friends took no prisoners.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2025

We played board games, cackled at old movies and talked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

Castillo, who mentored Then and right-hander Prelander Berrora spring training, cackled in delight at the interaction.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023

Percy ran to her side as the arai cackled.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Many plays and musicals are supposed to draw chuckles, but theatergoers today are cackling like they’re at a comedy show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

Those stereotypes might bring to mind images of black hats, broomsticks and cackling over cauldrons, common in much media.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

These fearsome carnivores, known for their splotchy fur and cackling “laughter,” form complicated social networks in which high-ranking females hold sway over males and other, less dominant females.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 29, 2024

He was most famous for voicing creatures, including the cackling Salacious Crumb from “Return of the Jedi,” as well as the musical, cuddly mogwai and malevolent, reptilian title monsters in “Gremlins” and “Gremlins 2.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2024

His ears seemed suddenly clear, so that he heard the chickens cackling and the east wind blowing over the ground.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck