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gaggle

[ gag-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

gaggled, gaggling.
  1. to cackle.


noun

  1. a flock of geese when not flying. Compare skein.
  2. an often noisy or disorderly group or gathering:

    a politician followed by a gaggle of supporters.

  3. an assortment of related things.

gaggle

/ ˈɡæɡə±ô /

verb

  1. intr (of geese) to cackle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a flock of geese
  2. informal.
    a disorderly group of people
  3. a gabbling or cackling sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gaggle1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English verb gagelen ; of imitative origin
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gaggle1

C14: of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse gagl gosling, Dutch gaggelen to cackle, all of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

Trump himself said in a gaggle on Air Force One that “Russia has all the cards†in the negotiations for peace.

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“This is my first happy day,†Stueber told the gaggle of reporters lined up in front of her.

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Standing outside Harris’ former elementary school earlier this month, a gaggle of informed fourth-graders were ecstatic about the possibility that one of their own could be the nation’s first female president.

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"I saw a gaggle of girls around and realised they were filming the music video," she said.

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He contends that the former president’s phone calls with members of the same gang — whom Pence called a “gaggle of crackpot lawyers†— are similarly fair game.

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