Meaning of chackle | Babel Free

Definitions

To chatter (to talk or make noise) or chuckle.

England, dialectal, rare

Examples

“[…] calling in partridges, gagleing in geese, groaning in pigeons and turtles, crowing in cocks, chackling and clucking in [hens] […]”

“"The Lord hath delivered-- do you ever bet?" he chackled.”

“The cock sat up in the yew-tree, The hen came chackling by, I wish you all good morning, And a good fat pig in the sty.”

“Her dressed in Grandma's jarberlunks, got into her trinkle and settled down to wait. Red Riding Hood walked jebblydove along the path, through the jonkeyhaze and finally reached Grandma's cottage. She chackled at the door and went in.”

“"So you've finally come back to me, eh Grandma Matchie?" Lunker chackled. "You haven't been down here since I threw you out of my court two thousand years ago!" Grandma atchie chackled right back. "An it's bin feelin pretty empty e'er since, I bet!"”

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