cackle

[US]/'kæk(ə)l/
[UK]/'kækl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. kichwachwa; mshororo wa mshororo mrefu
vi. kuchwacha mshororo mrefu; kujua mshororo mrefu
vt. kuchwacha mshororo mrefu; kujua mshororo mrefu.
Word Forms
Present Participlecackling
Past Tensecackled
Third Person Singularcackles
Pluralcackles
Past Participlecackled

Phrases & Collocations

loud cackle

mkono mrefu

sinister cackle

mkono mshangao

cackle with glee

mkono na furaha

witch's cackle

mkono wa mchumia

Example Sentences

she cackled with laughter.

Alikisika na mchovu.

The boy cackled with delight.

Mwanamme alikisika na furaha.

corporate luminaries cackle on about the importance of quality.

Mambo ya kampuni yanaikisika kuhusu athari ya uchovu.

He cackled after each joke.

Alikisika baada ya kila mchovu.

The young girl gave a cackle of laughter.

Mwanamke muda alikisika na mchovu.

Let’s cut the cackle and get down to business.

Tunapunguza kisika na kuingia kwa kazi.

He cackled his disapproval.

Alikisika kwa kusahihisha.

The hen cackles when she has laid an egg.

Mvumo alikisika wakati alipanga nyama.

The goose saw her and cackled loudly.

Mwele alipita kwa mnyama yake na alifanya mshangao mwingi.

After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.

Baada ya kila mchovu mwanamkono alikisika kwa furaha yake.

Real-world Examples

Bellatrix, however, let out a cackle of triumphant laughter.

Bellatrix, hata hivyo, alifungua mchawi wa mshindi.

Source: 6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

" Get it himself? " shrieked Bellatrix, on a cackle of mad laughter.

"Ukifungua mchawi mwenyewe?" alimwagia Bellatrix, kwenye mchawi wa mshindi wa mshindi.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

A broad, hunched woman with pointed teeth cackled.

Mwanamke mrefu, mwenye mizani ya mizani na mizani ya mizani alifungua mchawi.

Source: 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Oooooooh! ” he said, with an evil cackle.

“Oooooooh!" alisema, kwa mchawi mshindi.

Source: All-Star Read "Harry Potter" Collection

" Snow, " the moon called down again, cackling.

"Snow," mwezi alifungua mchawi mshindi tena.

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

Their distinctive cackling tone is well developed.

Tone ya mchawi yao ya mshindi ni mazuri kwa makundi.

Source: Lion Mafia

" Which makes you pretty skint, witless, " said a cackling voice.

"Hii inaongeza kwako mazuri, mwenye mshindi, " alisema mchawi mshindi.

Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

He laughed pleasedly, the tittery cackling laugh which she always found so annoying.

Alimchawi kwa furaha, mchawi wa mshindi wa mshindi ambao alitambua kwa mshindi sana.

Source: Gone with the Wind

On shaky legs, He chose an egg And cackled: I'll adopt!

Kwenye mizani ya mizani, alitumia mchawi mshindi: Nataka kuzalisha!

Source: Storyline Online English Stories

" Don't interfere, " she cackled, " you wait till I come home from Josephine's burial" .

"Haujifanyi kuchangia," alifungua mchawi mshindi, "utakia hadi ninaelekea nyumba kutoka kwa kuzalisha ya Josephine."

Source: VOA Special July 2020 Collection

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