Antonyms for gaggle

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gag-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæg əl

Definition of gaggle

Origin : late 15c., gagyll, with reference to both geese and women. Barnhart says possibly from Old Norse gagl "small goose, gosling, bird;" OED calls it "one of the many artificial terms invented in the 15th c. as distinctive collectives referring to particular animals or classes of persons." Possibly of imitative origin (cf. Dutch gagelen "to chatter;" Middle English gaggle "to cackle," used of geese, attested from late 14c.).

As in set : noun group, assortment
As in ruck : noun crowd
As in crowd : noun large assembly
As in flock : noun congregation
As in herd : noun large group

Example sentences :

Then, with a clang of wings and a chorus of shrill quacks, a gaggle of wild duck got up and sped away into the dark.
Extract from : « The City in the Clouds » by C. Ranger Gull

He hears the gaggle of geese, the trumpetings of wild swans, and the cry of the curlew as it hovers over the lights.
Extract from : « Poachers and Poaching » by John Watson

Synonyms for gaggle

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