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gaggle

[ gag-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

, gag·gled, gag·gling.
  1. to cackle.


noun

  1. a flock of geese when not flying. Compare skein.
  2. an often noisy or disorderly group or gathering:

    a politician followed by a gaggle of supporters.

  3. an assortment of related things.

gaggle

/ ˈɡæɡəl /

verb

  1. intr (of geese) to cackle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a flock of geese
  2. informal.
    a disorderly group of people
  3. a gabbling or cackling sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gaggle1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English verb gagelen ; of imitative origin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gaggle1

C14: of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse gagl gosling, Dutch gaggelen to cackle, all of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

If you happen to have a gaggle of friends who love golf, this just might be the game for you.

That's where the series opens, with our trickster materializing in the middle of Mongolia's Gobi Desert, much to the bemusement of a gaggle of locals.

Put a small pile of asparagus on each bowl, a dollop of nori butter and a gaggle of pickled radishes.

It’s no secret that in promoting “Anthem,” EA invited a gaggle of “Destiny” influencers to try the game out.

The defining image of Inauguration Day 2017 was a gaggle of cameramen photographing a flaming trash can.

Growing up in Wellsville, New York, Beck was the middle child in a gaggle of sisters and a brother.

We met with a gaggle of foreign ministers for hours over days.

A gaggle of adolescent dragons intent on flame-broiling every goat in Meereen.

You name it, we went there, along with a gaggle of individuals who each had some kind of purpose.

A gaggle of party faithful across the country will have six years in office to cut their teeth.

He hears the gaggle of geese, the trumpetings of wild swans, and the cry of the curlew as it hovers over the lights.

What if chickens gaggle, pharisaic goats piously turn up their eyes, and the dear little piggies grunt!

Then, with a clang of wings and a chorus of shrill quacks, a gaggle of wild duck got up and sped away into the dark.

When the geese gaggle,” says a rustic saw, “expect a change of weather.

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