cackle

(noun) the sound made by a hen after laying an egg.

(noun) noisy talk. Synonyms: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter.

(noun) a loud laugh suggestive of a hen's cackle.

(verb) talk or utter in a cackling manner. Examples: "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine."

(verb) squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens.

(verb) emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing.