Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense cackles, present participle cackling, past tense, past participle cackled
VERB (常指幸灾乐祸地)咯咯笑 If someone cackles, they laugh in a loud unpleasant way, often at something bad that happens to someone else. (常指幸灾乐祸地)咯咯笑 [Also V with quote, Vat n]
The old lady cackled, pleased to have produced so dramatic a reaction. [VERB]
看到引起如此大的反应,老太太高兴得咯咯笑了起来。
Newington threw his head back and cackled with laughter. [VERBwith noun]