gaggle

noun · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

gaggles

1.
(collective)A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
2.
(broadly)(by extension) Any group or gathering of related things, particularly one perceived as noisy, boisterous or chaotic.
Đồng nghĩa: bunch
3.
(abbreviation, alt of)Short for press gaggle: an informal briefing of journalists.
4.
(collective, historical): A group of women.
Đồng nghĩa: women, ladies

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

gaggles

V_ing/Gerund

gaggling

V_ed/pp

gaggled

1.
To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.
When a friend asked Socrates, how he could bear the scolding of his wife Xantippe? he retorted, and asked him, how he could bear the gaggling of his geese?

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

bunch women ladies

Cùng gốc / liên quan

press gaggleskein wedge

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English gagelen (to cackle; cackle like a goose). Compare gaggelen, gagl, gagl.