Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gaggle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gaggle \Gag"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gaggled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gaggling}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. D. gaggelen, gagelen,
G. gackeln, gackern, MHG. g?gen, E. giggle, cackle.]
To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gaggle \Gag"gle\, n. [Cf. {Gaggle} v. i.] (Zo["o]l.)
A flock of wild geese. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gaggle
n : a flock of geese
v : cackle like a goose "Cackling geese"
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