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Cackle

To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

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Cry 76% connected

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

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Emit 76% connected

To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits s…

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Laugh 76% connected

To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the fa…

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Laughter 76% connected

A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment,…

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Talking 76% connected

of Talk

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Manner of action 1

Gaggle 76% connected

To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.

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Prate 76% connected

To talk much and to little purpose; to be loquacious; to speak foolishly; to babble.

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Prattle 76% connected

To talk much and idly; to prate; hence, to talk lightly and artlessly, like a child; to utter child's talk.

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Derivationally related 6

Cackler 74% connected

A fowl that cackles.

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Cackler 74% connected

A fowl that cackles.

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Gaggle 74% connected

To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.

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Gaggle 74% connected

To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.

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Yak 74% connected

A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered wit…

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Yak 74% connected

A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered wit…

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Synonym 3

Chatter 92% connected

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

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Gaggle 92% connected

To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Yak 92% connected

A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered wit…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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