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gaggle 音標拼音: [g'ægəl] n. 鵝群,一群
vi. 嘎嘎地叫 鵝群,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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