gaggle

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English gagelen (“to cackle; cackle like a goose”). Compare Dutch gaggelen (“to cackle”), Icelandic gagl (“small goose; gosling”), Norwegian Nynorsk gagl (“wild goose”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡæɡl̩/ Rhymes: -æɡəl Hyphenation: gag‧gle === Noun === gaggle (plural gaggles) (collective) A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water. Coordinate term: skein (by extension) Any group or gathering of related things, particularly one perceived as noisy, boisterous or chaotic. Synonym: bunch Short for press gaggle: an informal briefing of journalists. (collective, historical): A group of women. Synonyms: women, ladies ==== Hyponyms ==== (group of geese): parade ==== Derived terms ==== press gaggle ==== Translations ==== === Verb === gaggle (third-person singular simple present gaggles, present participle gaggling, simple past and past participle gaggled) To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. 1733, Jonathan Swift, "A New Simile for the Ladies with Useful Annotations by Dr. Sheridan", note 7 (in The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. II): When a friend asked Socrates, how he could bear the scolding of his wife Xantippe? he retorted, and asked him, how he could bear the gaggling of his geese? ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === skein wedge