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gaggle 音标拼音: [g'ægəl] n. 鹅群,一群
vi. 嘎嘎地叫 鹅群,一群嘎嘎地叫 gaggle n 1: a flock of geese v 1: make a noise characteristic of a goose; "Cackling geese" 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] 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] 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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