cackler Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a hen that has just laid an egg and emits a shrill squawk
  2. noun any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
    babbler.

WordNet


Cac"kler noun
Definitions
  1. A fowl that cackles.
  2. One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.

Webster 1913