[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gaggle \gag"gle\ ga^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=agen, e.
   giggle, cackle.
   to make a noise like a goose; to cackle. --bacon.
   1913 webster
see also:
gaggled gaggling 

[2] : 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
see also:
gaggle 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gaggle
     n : a flock of geese
     v : make a noise characteristic of a goose; "cackling geese"

[4] : 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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