cut the cackle!
1cut the cackle — (informal) To stop the aimless chattering (and come to the point) • • • Main Entry: ↑cackle …
2cut the cackle — ► cut the cackle informal stop talking aimlessly and come to the point. Main Entry: ↑cackle …
3cut the cackle — If you tell a group of people to cut the cackle, you are asking them …
4cut the cackle — informal stop talking aimlessly and come to the point. → cackle …
5cut the cackle and come to the 'osses or horses — Get down to business. Leave out the non essentials and come to the part that matters …
6cut the cackle! — Be quiet! …
7cackle — ► NOUN ▪ a raucous clucking cry, as made by a hen or goose. ► VERB 1) give a cackle. 2) talk inconsequentially and at length. ● cut the cackle Cf. ↑cut the cackle ORIGIN p …
8cackle — [kak′əl] vi. cackled, cackling [ME cakelen; akin to Du kokkelen, LowG kakkeln < IE base * kak : of echoic orig.] 1. to make the shrill, broken vocal sounds of a hen 2. to laugh or chatter with similar sounds vt. to utter in a cackling manner n …
9cackle — n. & v. n. 1 a clucking sound as of a hen or a goose. 2 a loud silly laugh. 3 noisy inconsequential talk. v. 1 intr. emit a cackle. 2 intr. talk noisily and inconsequentially. 3 tr. utter or express with a cackle. Phrases and idioms: cut the… …
10cackle — verb 1》 (of a hen or goose) give a raucous clucking cry. ↘laugh in a loud, harsh way. 2》 talk inconsequentially and at length. noun a cackling sound. Phrases cut the cackle informal stop talking aimlessly and come to the point. Origin ME:… …
