Usually means: Laughter that is loud, harsh.
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  1. cackles: Merriam-Webster
  2. cackles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cackles: Vocabulary.com
  4. cackles: Wordnik
  5. cackles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. cackles: Wiktionary
  7. cackles: Dictionary.com
  8. cackles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. cackles: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cackles: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See cackle as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (cackle)

noun:  The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
noun:  A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
noun:  Futile or excessively noisy talk.
noun:  (collective) A group of hyenas.
verb:  (intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
verb:  (intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.
verb:  (intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
verb:  (transitive, gambling, slang) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.
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