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Definition of Gaggle

1. Noun. A flock of geese.

2. Verb. Make a noise characteristic of a goose. "Cackling geese"

Definition of Gaggle

1. v. i. To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.

2. n. A flock of wild geese.

Definition of Gaggle

1. Noun. A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water. ¹

2. Noun. Any group or gathering of related things; bunch. ¹

3. Verb. To cackle (like geese). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gaggle

1. to cackle [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] - See also: cackle

Medical Definition of Gaggle

1. A flock of wild geese. Origin: Cf. Gaggle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaggle

gagakus gage gaged gageite gager gagers gages gagged gagger gaggers

gagging gagging order gagging orders gaggings gaggle (current term) gaggled gaggles gaggling gagglings gaging

gagless gagman gagmeister gagmeisters gagmen gags gagster gagsters gagtooth

Literary usage of Gaggle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Also called chapelet and grain. gaggle (gag'l), ri; prêt, ... [< gaggle, ».] lu finding, л flight or flock of geese; hence, a chattering company. ..."

2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Apparently of imitative origin ; tí.gaggle, guggle. ... gaggle, to cackle as geese. (E.) A frequent, form from the imitative base ..."

3. Wild-fowl by L. H. De Visme Shaw, W. H. Pope, Alexander Innes Shand (1905)
"shots I have personally obtained in open waters I attributed to the fact that the gaggle contained an abnormal proportion of young birds. ..."

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