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verb (used without object)
1.
to cackle.
noun
2.
a flock of geese when not flying. Compare skein.
3.
an often noisy or disorderly group or gathering: a politician followed by a gaggle of supporters.
4.
an assortment of related things.
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Gaggle
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English gagelen (v.), gagel (noun); of imitative orig.
1350–1400; Middle English gagelen (v.), gagel (noun); of imitative orig.
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Example Sentences
- Inside, a gaggle of hungry men hover around the bar, waiting for a spot to eat.
- Every time the leopard moved, the gaggle of jeeps moved along with it.
- It doesn't matter what the gaggle of deniers believes.
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Word Origin & History
gaggle
late 15c., gagyll, with reference to both geese and women. Barnhardt says possibly from O.N. gagl "goose;" OED calls it "one of the many artificial terms invented in the 15th c. as distinctive collectives referring to particular animals or classes of persons." Possibly of imitative origin (cf. Du. gagelen
EXPAND"to chatter;" M.E. gaggle "to cackle," used of geese, attested from late 14c.).
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