GAGGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gaggle mean? 

• GAGGLE (noun)
  The noun GAGGLE has 1 sense:

1. a flock of geese

  Familiarity information: GAGGLE used as a noun is very rare.

• GAGGLE (verb)
  The verb GAGGLE has 1 sense:

1. make a noise characteristic of a goose

  Familiarity information: GAGGLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAGGLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flock of geese

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("gaggle" is a kind of...):

flock (a group of birds)

Meronyms (members of "gaggle"):

goose (web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks)

Derivation:

gaggle (make a noise characteristic of a goose)

• GAGGLE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a noise characteristic of a goose

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

Cackling geese

Hypernyms (to "gaggle" is one way to...):

cackle (squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

gaggle (a flock of geese)

 Context examples 

You will be very focused on your home, and rightly so, for you have a gaggle of planets lining up in your home sector.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Furthermore, this month you will be surrounded by a gaggle of planets in Capricorn: Pluto (power), Saturn (long-term gains), Jupiter (good fortune), Mercury (news and agreements), Sun (authority)—this buildup of planetary power in Capricorn will give you the rare advantage to accomplish things your way.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)