especially: a flock of geese when not in flight compare skein
2
: a group, aggregation, or cluster lacking organization
a gaggle of reporters and photographers
3
: an indefinite number
participated in a gaggle of petty crimes
Examples of gaggle in a Sentence
a noisy gaggle of photographers
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The men idled in the home’s marble and gold foyer alongside a gaggle of other visitors waiting to meet one of Manhattan’s most mysterious businessmen.—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025 There’s a moment in Martin Scorsese Directs, the 1990 American Masters episode on the filmmaker that played on PBS around the release of Goodfellas, where a gaggle of talking heads wax poetic about their friend and colleague’s encyclopedic knowledge of movies.—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025 In the locker room, fellow pass-rusher extraordinaire Jonathon Cooper smacked Bonitto’s shoulders and bellowed his praises to a gaggle of reporters.—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025 Satan tells a gaggle of reporters.—Jack Dunn, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gaggle
Word History
Etymology
derivative of gaggle "to cackle," going back to Middle English gagelyn, of imitative origin
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