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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Leo has been holding impromptu press gaggles outside the papal retreat in Castel Gandolfo.—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025 After that, there’s the gaggle of four-loss teams, many of which would’ve seen their seasons fall apart over the final couple of weeks.—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 21 Nov. 2025 Trump was speaking to a gaggle of reporters when he was asked by Bloomberg correspondent Catherine Lucey about the Epstein files.—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 Nov. 2025 The demonstration, staged by Sberbank took place at the AI Journey conference with Putin arriving with a gaggle of bodyguards.—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Nov. 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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