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gaggle

gaggle

20 5.6
A noisy group of geese on land or water and sometimes a noisy group of people
  • noun
  • /ˈɡæɡəl/
translation icon : grupo
  • A gaggle of geese gathered by the pond, honking loudly as they splashed in the water.

If you were to Google Internet accountability and arrests, you will see that just recently a whole gaggle of kids were arrested for Internet bullying.

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Examples

  • Doug was to drive Cara and a gaggle of giggling girlfriends to school.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Right now, Dr. Heffel is in a secret meeting with a four-star General and a whole gaggle of scientists.

    The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

  • Remember the little gaggle of old ladies? - Yeah.

    Wrong Turn 6: Last Resort (2014)

  • I think there are a gaggle of people that are struggling with this exact same issue.

  • We used to when we had a gaggle of geese.

    Drag Me to Hell (2009)

  • Through the windows, Stem saw a gaggle of his neighbors gathering on the lawn across the way.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Butler pushed through the gaggle of sycophants around the governor general.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Austin is being chased around the corner by a gaggle of schoolgirls.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • So listen, there's a gaggle of reporters downstairs eager to hear some great truth about Mr. Bollingsworth.

    Chain of Fools (2001)

  • The nuns followed in their spectator gaggle, Sister Julienne ready with a steno pad and pen.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

crowd
vsgaggle
∞ 1.0

Many people or things are close together in one place

is narrower, mainly for geese or for noisy informal gatherings
bunch
vsgaggle
  • Informal
∞ 1.4

A group of people who are often friends

is used mainly for ground or water geese or noisy social groups
bevy
vsgaggle
13 7.5

A large group of animals, birds or people gathered together

refers mainly to a group of geese or an informal noisy group
huddle
vsgaggle
5 3.2

A group of people or things crowded closely together

focuses on a bird group or noisy social group rather than tight clustering

How Noisy

mob
219 3.4
gaggle
20 5.6
crowd
∞ 1.0
group
∞ 1.0
assembly
162 2.5

Surface Forms

gaggle singular
gaggles plural

Etymology

The word gaggle probably comes from an old sound word that copies the loud honking of geese, much like the word gabble which means 'to talk quickly and noisily'. So a gaggle is a noisy group of geese, and by extension a noisy group of people.