gaggling









gaggling


verb (used without object), gag·gled, gag·gling.

  1. to cackle.

noun

  1. a flock of geese when not flying.Compare skein.
  2. an often noisy or disorderly group or gathering: a politician followed by a gaggle of supporters.
  3. an assortment of related things.

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
n.

late 15c., gagyll, with reference to both geese and women. Barnhart says possibly from Old Norse gagl “small goose, gosling, bird;” 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. Dutch gagelen “to chatter;” Middle English gaggle “to cackle,” used of geese, attested from late 14c.).

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