See Also: gaggle(medicine)
gaggle(dictionary)
gaggle(dictionary)

gaggle (iou)



gaggle verb & noun. ME.
[Imit.: cf. Middle High German gagen, gagern cry like a goose; Dutch gaggelen gabble; Old Norse gagl gosling; Old High German gackizon, gackazzen (German gacksen, also gackeln, gackern). Cf. GABBLE verb 2, CACKLE verb.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. Of a goose etc.: cackle. ME.
C. S. Lewis Crowing cocks and gaggling ducks.
b. Make a noise like a goose; chatter. Now chiefly as gaggling ppl a. & verbal noun LME.
verb trans. Utter or express with noisy chatter like a goose. L16-M17.
b. noun.
A flock (of geese); derog. a group (of women). LME.
b. A (usu. disorderly or untidy) group of people or things; slang a group of aircraft. M20.
Listener There is hardly a modern skyscraper..that does not have its gaggle of sightseers.
Noisy chatter; gabble. LME.
P. Quennell Shouting in unison with a gaggle of harsh sound.