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单词 gaggle
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gaggle


gag·gle

G0007400 (găg′əl)n.1. A flock of geese.2. A cluster or group: "A gaggle of photographers huddled on the sidewalk beside a swelling crowd of onlookers" (Gioia Diliberto).
[Middle English gagel, from gagelen, to cackle, probably of imitative origin.]

gaggle

(ˈɡæɡəl) vb (intr) (of geese) to cacklen1. a flock of geese2. informal a disorderly group of people3. a gabbling or cackling sound[C14: of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse gagl gosling, Dutch gaggelen to cackle, all of imitative origin]

gag•gle

(ˈgæg əl)

v. -gled, -gling,
n. v.i. 1. to cackle. n. 2. a flock of geese when not flying. Compare skein (def. 4). 3. a group; cluster: a gaggle of sightseers. [1350–1400; of imitative orig.]

Gaggle

 a flock of geese; a company of women. See also giggle.Examples: gaggle of geese, 1470; of gossips; of more than average chattering women, 1827; of women—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

gaggle


Past participle: gaggled
Gerund: gaggling
Imperative
gaggle
gaggle
Present
I gaggle
you gaggle
he/she/it gaggles
we gaggle
you gaggle
they gaggle
Preterite
I gaggled
you gaggled
he/she/it gaggled
we gaggled
you gaggled
they gaggled
Present Continuous
I am gaggling
you are gaggling
he/she/it is gaggling
we are gaggling
you are gaggling
they are gaggling
Present Perfect
I have gaggled
you have gaggled
he/she/it has gaggled
we have gaggled
you have gaggled
they have gaggled
Past Continuous
I was gaggling
you were gaggling
he/she/it was gaggling
we were gaggling
you were gaggling
they were gaggling
Past Perfect
I had gaggled
you had gaggled
he/she/it had gaggled
we had gaggled
you had gaggled
they had gaggled
Future
I will gaggle
you will gaggle
he/she/it will gaggle
we will gaggle
you will gaggle
they will gaggle
Future Perfect
I will have gaggled
you will have gaggled
he/she/it will have gaggled
we will have gaggled
you will have gaggled
they will have gaggled
Future Continuous
I will be gaggling
you will be gaggling
he/she/it will be gaggling
we will be gaggling
you will be gaggling
they will be gaggling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been gaggling
you have been gaggling
he/she/it has been gaggling
we have been gaggling
you have been gaggling
they have been gaggling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been gaggling
you will have been gaggling
he/she/it will have been gaggling
we will have been gaggling
you will have been gaggling
they will have been gaggling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been gaggling
you had been gaggling
he/she/it had been gaggling
we had been gaggling
you had been gaggling
they had been gaggling
Conditional
I would gaggle
you would gaggle
he/she/it would gaggle
we would gaggle
you would gaggle
they would gaggle
Past Conditional
I would have gaggled
you would have gaggled
he/she/it would have gaggled
we would have gaggled
you would have gaggled
they would have gaggled
Thesaurus
Noun1.gaggle - a flock of geesegaggle - a flock of geese goose - web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducksflock - a group of birds
Verb1.gaggle - make a noise characteristic of a goose; "Cackling geese"cackle - squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
Translations
gackernbranco d'oche

gaggle


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Words related to gaggle

noun a flock of geese

Related Words

  • goose
  • flock

verb make a noise characteristic of a goose

Related Words

  • cackle
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