As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
GAGGLING
Verb
gaggling
present participle of gaggle
Noun
gaggling (plural gagglings)
The cackling sound of a goose.
Source: Wiktionary
GAGGLE
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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