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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