cackle

Presiding over the baddies, Jared Leto’s blue-skinned, caped, literally boneheaded man-demon Skeletor is meant to be the fiercest of antagonists, but even his own henchmen find his signature evil cackle to be a bit laughable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The 27-year-old accomplishes this as a shining beacon of joy who earns a welcome cackle from us every Saturday night.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2024

At one point, Ohtani snapped his head back with a high-pitched cackle, giggling with a wide smile planted on his face.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024

“We come in here and all of our heads can look in like this and collaborate,” she said, adding with a kidlike cackle, “Isn’t it fun?”

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

I cackle with rage and suck in breath.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

The red-headed fairy cackles, “Your hard work didn’t pay off!”

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

All week I’d reveled in the cackles of leaf monkeys, hoots of gibbons, and barks of macaques, plus choruses of birds and frogs—all backed by the hums and whines of insects.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024

In “Breaking Bad,” Walter White, in a memorable moment of desperation inside the crawl space in his home, bursts out sobbing, which turns into disturbing cackles echoing through the house.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2023

“Not me getting mistaken for @Beyonce at the #USOpen tonight then trending on Twitter as the internet cackles over the mistaken identity,” Cox wrote on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2022

She grabs her head and pulls at her hair as she cackles.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

A troupe of local performers enacted boxing and wrestling matches as the crowd cackled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

I laid on the couch and cackled like an idiot while my friends took no prisoners.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2025

And they cackled with glee watching the drama in Georgia.

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2024

They cackled at a video showing a troop of mischievous baboons ripping up ruling party election posters with the face of the president on them.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

“Naturally,” the bird cackled; “it’s my job. I take the words right out of your mouth. Haven’t we met before? I’m the Everpresent Wordsnatcher, and I’m sure I know your friend the bug.”

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster

Many plays and musicals are supposed to draw chuckles, but theatergoers today are cackling like they’re at a comedy show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

Those stereotypes might bring to mind images of black hats, broomsticks and cackling over cauldrons, common in much media.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

Instead, the album is L.A. party rap run through a buzzsaw of regret and dread and cackling humor and utterly fresh musicality.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024

These fearsome carnivores, known for their splotchy fur and cackling “laughter,” form complicated social networks in which high-ranking females hold sway over males and other, less dominant females.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 29, 2024

The water bird then flew away, cackling with pleasure at its freedom.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith