gaggle

[gag-uhl]

verb (used without object)

gaggled, gaggling 

1. to cackle.

noun

1. a flock of geese when not flying.

2. an often noisy or disorderly group or gathering.

   a politician followed by a gaggle of supporters.

3. an assortment of related things.

gaggle

/ ˈɡæɡəl /

verb

1. (intr) (of geese) to cackle

noun

1. a flock of geese

2. informal,  a disorderly group of people

3. a gabbling or cackling sound

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaggle¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English verb gagelen ; of imitative origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaggle¹

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

Example Sentences

Usually it plays out as a cute moment, the assembled gaggle cooing awwww at the exchange as the queried party answers far more effusively than they do for their daily adult nemeses.

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She travels to New York City CBS offices with a caravan of SUVs and a gaggle of bodyguards, according to current and former employees.

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Before long, a whole gaggle of geese had joined their leader, committed to staying with him, no matter what.

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"What your director did is not respectful: he called me dumb," Bosch told a press gaggle.

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Cut to a gaggle outside the White House, where a reporter acknowledged that Kirk was the president’s good friend and asked how he was holding up.

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Related Words

• circle 
• congregation 
• crew 
• group 
• horde 
• lot 
• mass 
• mob 
• pack 
• party 
• people 
• press 
• sellout 
• throng