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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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