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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
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I gaggle | you gaggle | he/she/it gaggles | we gaggle | you gaggle | they gaggle |
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I gaggled | you gaggled | he/she/it gaggled | we gaggled | you gaggled | they gaggled |
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I am gaggling | you are gaggling | he/she/it is gaggling | we are gaggling | you are gaggling | they are gaggling |
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I have gaggled | you have gaggled | he/she/it has gaggled | we have gaggled | you have gaggled | they have gaggled |
Past Continuous |
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I was gaggling | you were gaggling | he/she/it was gaggling | we were gaggling | you were gaggling | they were gaggling |
Past Perfect |
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I had gaggled | you had gaggled | he/she/it had gaggled | we had gaggled | you had gaggled | they had gaggled |
Future |
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I will gaggle | you will gaggle | he/she/it will gaggle | we will gaggle | you will gaggle | they will gaggle |
Future Perfect |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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I would gaggle | you would gaggle | he/she/it would gaggle | we would gaggle | you would gaggle | they would gaggle |
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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 | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | gaggle - 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 | Verb | 1. | gaggle - make a noise characteristic of a goose; "Cackling geese"cackle - squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens | Translationsgaggle
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