GAGGLE

gaggle

(noun) a flock of geese

gaggle

(verb) make a noise characteristic of a goose; “Cackling geese”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gaggle (plural gaggles)

(collective) A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.

(by extension) Any group or gathering of related things.

Synonym: bunch

Verb

gaggle (third-person singular simple present gaggles, present participle gaggling, simple past and past participle gaggled)

To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.

Source: Wiktionary


Gag"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gaggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gaggling.] Etym: [Of imitative origin; cf. D. gaggelen, gagelen, G. gackeln, gackern, MHG. g, E. giggle, cackle.]

Definition: To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. Bacon.

Gag"gle, n. Etym: [Cf. Gaggle v. i.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A flock of wild geese. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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