gaggle

/ˈgægəl/

/ˈgægəl/

Other forms: gaggles; gaggling; gaggled

A gaggle is a group of geese. You can also describe a bunch of people milling around in a disorganized way as a gaggle.

Gaggle is a word known as a "term of venery," a collective noun used to describe a particular group of animals. When a bunch of geese waddle around on the ground, that's a gaggle of geese. If those same geese were flying overhead, you'd call them a flock or a skein instead. Gaggle is also useful for describing a disorderly or chaotic group of people: "I was surrounded by a gaggle of three-year-olds eager to pet my puppy."

Definitions of gaggle

1. noun

   a flock of geese
   type of:

   flock

   a group of birds
2. verb

   make a noise characteristic of a goose
   type of:

   cackle

   squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens
3. noun

   a large, disorganized group of people
   synonyms: bevy

   type of:

   assemblage, gathering

   a group of persons together in one place