cackle

"His laugh was outrageously infectious. We all used to call it a cackle."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Manning’s press conference cackle was followed by the cackles of adults in the room, including reporters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

In a two-storey flagship laboratory in one of the many new business hubs in Chongqing, a group of kindergarten children cackle with delight as they watch a robot fish swim around the tank.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

When I saw this image of the would-be Poot matriarch for the first time the other day, my first reaction was a hard cackle.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025

Uncle C’s cackle echoed in my ears, and I shivered.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The potent Met chorus captured the shrieking cackles of the witches, the horror of the courtiers after Duncan’s murder, and the despair of the exiles fleeing Macbeth’s tyranny.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” served up a symphony of social disaster over the course of 12 seasons and almost 24 years on HBO, wringing cackles and cringes from the misadventures of the serially inappropriate Larry David.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

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

She grabs her head and pulls at her hair as she cackles.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Once, in anthropology class, my professor lectured on an insular island tribe that cackled whenever someone got hurt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2025

And they cackled with glee watching the drama in Georgia.

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2024

"He-he-he," he cackled, handing the startled runner a letter.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

I can practically hear those two cackling over their macchiatos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 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

In a memorable scene, she careens through town, shouting and cackling, dragging a tree behind her truck, which she sends flying through the glass front of the association headquarters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

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

The cackling of the princess continued until the travelers were outside.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood