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Definition of Gaggle
1. Verb. Make a noise characteristic of a goose. "Cackling geese"
2. Noun. A flock of 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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaggle
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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