gaggle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a group of geese, especially on land or water

   A gaggle of geese blocked the footpath beside the pond.

2. 2
   noun

   an informal or noisy group of people or things

   A gaggle of reporters waited outside the theatre.

3. 3
   noun

   journalism: a brief, informal question-and-answer meeting between an official and reporters

   The spokesperson answered questions in a press gaggle before boarding the plane.

4. 4
   verb

   to make the loud, repeated calls of a goose

   The geese began to gaggle as we approached their enclosure.

Simplified etymology

Gaggle arose in late Middle English as an imitation of the sound made by geese. It became one of the many collective terms coined for animals and people in the 15th century and, unlike most of them, passed into regular use.

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