gagglenoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˈɡæɡ.əl/us/ˈɡæɡ.əl/a group of geese
disapproving a group of noisy or silly people:
There was the usual gaggle of journalists waiting for the star.
an informal meeting in which someone who works for an organization or the government gives information to journalists (= people who write or broadcast news stories); the journalists involved in such a meeting:
Certain news outlets were denied access to the gaggle with White House press secretary, Sean Spicer.
He was a little early, but the press gaggle was already waiting for him.
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Animal groupings
- bevy
- biomass
- brood
- colony
- covey
- drove
- eusocial
- flight
- flock
- herd
- hive
- menagerie
- pack
- pair
- pod
- pride
- shoal
- skein
- stud
- team
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