gaggle
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɡæɡl̩/
gaggle (plural gaggles)
- (collective) A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
- (by extension) Any group or gathering of related things.
- Synonyms: bunch
- Russian: ста́до гусе́й
- Russian: толпа́
gaggle (gaggles, present participle gaggling; past and past participle gaggled)
- To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.
- 1733, Jonathan Swift, "A New Simile for the Ladies with Useful Annotations by Dr. Sheridan", note 7 (in [https://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Awww.online-literature.com+%22gaggling%22+-%22network+forums%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=KH2_U6vnMOqM8QfX4oC4Aw The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. II]):
- When a friend asked Socrates, how he could bear the scolding of his wife Xantippe? he retorted, and asked him, how he could bear the gaggling of his geese?
- 1733, Jonathan Swift, "A New Simile for the Ladies with Useful Annotations by Dr. Sheridan", note 7 (in [https://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Awww.online-literature.com+%22gaggling%22+-%22network+forums%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=KH2_U6vnMOqM8QfX4oC4Aw The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Vol. II]):
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