hen-cackle
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A loud, sharp, or broken sound made by a hen, especially after laying an egg.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Doubtless there is a wider application of the term since a mere hen-cackle, a trifle, seems to have been the origin of the application."