gaggle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
gaggle
    n 1: a flock of geese
    v 1: make a noise characteristic of a goose; "Cackling geese"
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gaggle \Gag"gle\ (g[a^]g"g'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gaggled}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Gaggling}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. D.
   gaggelen, gagelen, G. gackeln, gackern, MHG. g[=a]gen, E.
   giggle, cackle.]
   To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. --Bacon.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gaggle \Gag"gle\, n. [Cf. {Gaggle} v. i.]
   1. (Zool.) A flock of wild geese, especially when on the
      ground. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Hence: A gathering of people, especially a noisy one.
      [PJC]

   3. Hence: Any clustered group of related objects.
      [PJC]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "gaggle":
      bevy, cackle, call, carol, caw, charm, chatter, cheep, chirk,
      chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cloud, cluck,
      cock-a-doodle-doo, coo, covey, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, drum,
      flight, flock, gabble, gobble, guggle, hive, honk, hoo, hoot,
      murmuration, peep, pip, pipe, plague, quack, roll, scold, sing,
      skein, spring, squawk, swarm, trill, tweet, twit, twitter, warble,
      watch, whistle
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