gaggle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a flock of geese
  2. verb make a noise characteristic of a goose
    • Cackling geese

WordNet

Gag"gle intransitive verb
Etymology
Of imitative origin; cf. D. gaggelen, gagelen, G. gackeln, gackern, MHG. ggen, E. giggle, cackle.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Gaggled ; present participle & verbal noun Gaggling
Definitions
  1. To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. Bacon.
Gag"gle noun
Etymology
Cf. Gaggle v. i.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A flock of wild geese. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

Webster 1913