单词 | gaggle |
释义 | gagglen. 1. a. A flock (of geese); also derisively, a company (of women).One of the many artificial terms invented in the 15th cent. as distinctive collectives referring to particular animals or classes of persons; but unlike most of the others, it seems to have been actually adopted in use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] > a disorderly collection rabblea1398 hotchpotc1405 hotchpotchc1410 mishmashc1475 gaggle?1478 chaos?1550 humble-jumble1550 huddle1587 wilderness1594 lurry1607 hatterc1626 farragoa1637 bumble1648 higgledy-piggledy1659 jumble1661 clutter1666 hugger-mugger1674 litter1730 imbroglio1753 confusion1791 cludder1801 hurrah's nest1829 hotter1834 welter1857 muddle1863 splatter1895 shamble1926 the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > group of teamc1450 gaggle?1478 lag1624 ?1478 Lydgate's Horse, Goose & Sheep (Caxton) (1822) 30 A gagyll of ghees A gagyll of women. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xiii. xxx. 338 A shoale of goslings, or (as they saie) a gaggle of geese. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. A Gagle of geys, a flock of Geese. 1827 P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 309 A gaggle of more than average chattering women. 1882 R. Payne-Gallwey Fowler in Ireland v That last tempting gaggle of Brent Geese. b. Also transferred, a group of people or things, esp. a disorderly assemblage; spec. (slang) a group of aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > an aircraft > a group of aircraft fleet1881 gaggle1946 1946 G. Gibson Enemy Coast Ahead 206 We started off first in squadrons, then in wings and finally in a sort of formation known as a group gaggle, meaning a flock of geese. 1946 E. C. Cheesman Brief Glory vi. 73 Ferry pilots had to fly in ‘gaggles’ to make it easier for the Observer Corps. 1956 J. E. Johnson Wing Leader i. 13 We curved across Berlin, sparred cautiously with large gaggles of Russian fighters. 1966 Listener 8 Sept. 354/1 There is hardly a modern skyscraper in midtown that does not have its gaggle of sightseers. 1971 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 21 Mar. 14/3 A gaggle of sparsely inhabited islands. 2. Chatter, gabble. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter chirma800 clappingc1386 glavera1400 clapa1420 clackc1440 blabc1460 clattera1500 babble?a1525 babblery1532 pratery1533 clitter-clatter1535 by-talk?1551 prattle1555 prittle-prattle1556 twittle-twattle1565 cacquet1567 prate?1574 prattlement1579 babblement1595 gibble-gabble1600 gabble1602 twattlea1639 tolutiloquence1656 pratement1657 gaggle1668 leden1674 cackle1676 twit-twat1677 clash1685 chit-chat1710 chatter-chitter1711 chitter-chatter1712 palavering1732 hubble-bubble1735 palaver1748 rattle1748 gum1751 mag1778 gabber1780 gammon1781 gash1787 chattery1789 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 yabble1808 clacket1812 talky-talky1812 potter1818 yatter1827 blue streak1830 gabblement1831 psilologya1834 chin-music1834 patter1841 jaw1842 chatter1851 brabble1861 tongue-work1866 yacker1882 talkee1885 chelp1891 chattermag1895 whitter1897 burble1898 yap1907 clatfart1913 jive1928 logorrhœa1935 waffle1937 yackety-yacking1953 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 motormouth1976 1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 29 A Consort of loud and tedious Talkers, that Tired and Deafn'd the Company with their shrill and restless Gaggle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). gagglev. 1. intransitive. Of geese: To cackle; see cackle v.1 1. Also with forth. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of goose) cacklec1230 gaggle1399 keak1545 gabble1712 honk1813 cank1879 honk-honk1896 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 101 Þey gaglide fforth on the grene, ffor they greved were. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 184/2 Gagelyn, or cryyn as gees, clingo. a1483 Burlesque in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 86 The goos gagult ever more, the gam was better to here. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xiiiv Thys beggers..gageleth agayn vppon the same mater. 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket ii. 58 These are..the Geese in the Capitall, to gaggle at Statesmen in the Common-wealth. 1744 Claridge's Shepherd of Banbury's Rules (new ed.) 40 If geese gaggle more than usual, these are all signs of rain. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xxiv, in Writings I. 245 [He] gave no ear to his own geese gaggling near his barn. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Mar. 4/2 Every bird gaggling his loudest. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] to multiply words1340 gagglea1556 glib1596 to run on?c1663 gasha1774 to roll on1861 pan1871 rabbit and pork1949 motormouth1983 a1556 R. Chancellor in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1598) I. 241 But when the Priest is at seruice no man sitteth, but gagle and ducke like so many Geese. 1630 J. Taylor Goose in Wks. i. 105/1 How grauely they from place to place will waggle And how (like Gossips) freely will they gaggle. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 333 They gaggle all at a time; as if it was for a Wager, who should make the greatest Noise. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] cacklec1230 chattera1250 clapc1315 jangle1377 blabberc1380 trattlea1425 pratea1475 chat1483 prattlea1500 prittle-prattlea1555 gabble1566 blatter?1567 gaggle1577 clacket1579 knap1581 prittle1583 clack1590 volley1591 tattle1593 prabble1603 out-babble1649 garrulate1656 gabber?1661 chime1697 spiel1904 chitter-chatter1928 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 3/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I It is not expedient, that the Irishe tongue shoulde be so vniuersally gagled in the English pale. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 2 We need not fear..that she will gaggle any Treason. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 25 Had my Goose gagled out such a..doctrine [etc.]. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxxi. 74 A Countrey man..answer'd, that he thought the Geese about Oxford did gaggle Greek. Derivatives ˈgaggler n. one who gaggles, a goose. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) gooseOE Roger1567 foreman1622 gaggler1624 Tib of the butterya1640 goosey-gandera1816 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? To Rdr. As meere a gaggler as euer grased vpon a greene. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1478v.1399 |
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