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GAGGLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flock of geese

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("gaggle" is a kind of...):

flock (a group of birds)

Meronyms (members of "gaggle"):

goose (web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks)

Derivation:

gaggle (make a noise characteristic of a goose)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a noise characteristic of a goose

Example:

Cackling geese

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "gaggle" is one way to...):

cackle (squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

gaggle (a flock of geese)

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