cackler

A noun referring to a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk, or any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv für ein Huhn, das gerade ein Ei gelegt hat und dabei laute, schrille Töne ausstößt, oder für verschiedene insektenfressende Vögel der Alten Welt mit lautem, ununterbrochenem Gesang.

1. A hen that cackles B2 informal

   A hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill, repetitive squawk.

   • The old cackler announced her egg with a loud noise.
   • Every morning, the cackler in the coop wakes the whole farm.
   • The farmer recognized the sound of his prize cackler.

   🇩🇪Gackernde Henne

2. A noisy bird C1 formal british

   Any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud, incessant song; sometimes classified in the family Muscicapidae.

   • The cackler's song could be heard from across the valley.
   • Ornithologists studied the migratory patterns of the cackler.
   • A cackler perched on the fence, singing loudly.

   🇩🇪Lärmvogel

   Synonyme: chatstonechatwhinchat

• cacklers plural form
• cacklers' possessive plural form
• cackler's possessive singular form