Cackle: To laugh like the Wicked Witch of the West.
Crackle
(snap, crackle, pop)
Grackle
Any of several American blackbirds of the family Icteridae, especially of the genus Quiscalus, having iridescent blackish plumage. Also called crow blackbird.
Hmm, dead-end I think without backtracking. I’ll take two letters out and go with
Grace
- Seemingly effortless beauty or charm of movement, form, or proportion.
trace - to follow a pattern or design.
trance -
a dreamlike hypnotic state
France - country in Europe
prance, to bound from the hind legs
PANCE
\Pance, n. (Bot.) The pansy. [Also paunce.]
ponce- a british insult, also, another word for pimp
POUNCE
\Powns\ v. swing or swoop esp. as in capturing prey.
Ounce - 1/16 of a lb.
-Myron
Bounce: like a ball
Bounced
Like a ball in the past
pounced - to jump on
Pounded
Bounded - bordered, leaped
Wounded: hurt 
Hounded: to drive or affect by persistent harassing
Rounded: opposite of Squared?