Cackle vs. Hackle

Cacklenoun

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg

Cacklenoun

A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.

Cacklenoun

Futile or excessively noisy talk.

Cackleverb

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

Cackleverb

(intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.

Cackleverb

(intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.

Cackleverb

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

Cackleverb

To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.

Cackleverb

To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.

Cacklenoun

The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.

Cacklenoun

Idle talk; silly prattle.

Cacklenoun

the sound made by a hen after laying an egg

Cacklenoun

noisy talk

Cacklenoun

a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle

Cackleverb

talk or utter in a cackling manner;

Cackleverb

squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens

Cackleverb

emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing

Hacklenoun

An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.

Hacklenoun

One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.

Hacklenoun

(fishing) A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.

Hacklenoun

By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans.

Hacklenoun

A type of jagged crack extending inwards from the broken surface of a fractured material.

Hacklenoun

A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.

Hacklenoun

A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.

Hacklenoun

Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.

Hackleverb

To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.

Hackleverb

(transitive) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

Hackleverb

To tear asunder; to break into pieces.

Hacklenoun

A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

Hacklenoun

Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.

Hacklenoun

One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, - often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.

Hacklenoun

An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.

Hackleverb

To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

Hackleverb

To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

Hacklenoun

long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants

Hackleverb

comb with a heckle;

Hackle

The hackle is a clipped feather plume that is attached to a military headdress. In the British Army and the armies of some Commonwealth countries, the hackle is worn by some infantry regiments, especially those designated as fusilier regiments and those with Scottish and Northern Irish origins.