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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 |
| Preterite |
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| I gaggled | | you gaggled | | he/she/it gaggled | | we gaggled | | you gaggled | | they gaggled |
| Present Continuous |
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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 |
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| I had gaggled | | you had gaggled | | he/she/it had gaggled | | we had gaggled | | you had gaggled | | they had gaggled |
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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 |
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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 |
| Conditional |
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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 | Thesaurus| Noun | 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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