Noah Webster
Cackle
CACKLE, verb intransitive
1. To make a particular noise, as a goose or a hen.
2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling o a goose; to giggle, which is a word from the same root.
3. To prate; to prattle; to tattle; to talk in a silly manner.
CACKLE, noun
1. The broken noise of a goose or hen.
2. Idle talk; silly prattle.