gaggle

Meaning

Noun

1. A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
2. Any group or gathering of related things.

Verb

To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.

Synonyms

flock

herd

swarm

drove

horde

mob

pack

cackle

skein

covey

crowd

pod

bevy

pride

school

🏫

busyness

cartload

chatter

chowder

circle

⭕

clamour

cloud

☁️

cluck

cluster

clutter

coalition

colony

comfort

company

corps

drift

droves

erst

exaltation

family

👪

field

flight

✈️

flush

grist

gulp

harem

hive

intrigue

kennel

kindle

knot

🪢

leash

murder

mustering

nest

paddling

parliament

plump

pounce

rabble

raft

rookery

rout

shiver

shoal

shrewdness

skulk

sleuth

sloth

🦥

sounder

span

string

🪢

stud

team

tiding

tittering

train

🚋

tribe

trip

troop

wedge

harras

clowder

murmuration

hirsel

army

cete

ascension

band

barrel

barren

battery

🔋

bed

🛏️

bike

🚲

boar

🐗

brace

brood

building

bunch

bury

business

Hyphenated as

gag‧gle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡæɡl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English gagelen (“to cackle; cackle like a goose”). Compare Dutch gaggelen (“to cackle”), Icelandic gagl (“small goose; gosling”).