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gaggle
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gag·gle  (ggl)
n.
1. A flock of geese. See Synonyms at flock1.
2. A cluster or group: "A gaggle of photographers huddled on the sidewalk beside a swelling crowd of onlookers" (Gioia Diliberto).

[Middle English gagel, from gagelen, to cackle, probably of imitative origin.]

gaggle [ˈgægəl]
vb
(intr) (of geese) to cackle
n
1. a flock of geese
2. Informal a disorderly group of people
3. a gabbling or cackling sound
[of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse gagl gosling, Dutch gaggelen to cackle, all of imitative origin]

Gaggle a flock of geese; a company of women. See also giggle.
Examples: gaggle of geese, 1470; of gossips; of more than average chattering women, 1827; of women—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gaggle - a flock of geesegaggle - a flock of geese                    
goose - web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
flock - a group of birds
Verb1.gaggle - make a noise characteristic of a goose; "Cackling geese"
cackle - squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
Translations
gaggle [ˈgægl] N [of geese] → manada f (hum) [of people] → pandilla f, grupo m
gaggle [ˈgægəl] ntroupeau m
gag rule n (US)loi f limitant la durée des débats
gaggle
n (of geese)Herde f; (hum, of people) → Schar f, → Horde f
vischnattern
gaggle [ˈgægl] n (of geese) → branco


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