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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When a gaggle of women wearing identical purple bob-cut wigs boarded the eastbound Green Line trolley, there was really only one place they could be headed.—Olivia Petty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2025 The wildly popular Korean drama about a gaggle of misfits and screw-ups competing for money as well as their lives had a surprisingly great second season, with protagonist Gi-hun returning to the Games after four years to try and shut them down, only to be entangled in double-crosses and surprises.—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 June 2025 Your summer jewelry should feel like it was made by a gaggle of mermaids.—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 27 June 2025 Since then, a gaggle of dubious doctors has worked to bolster the credibility of deworming drugs within alternative medicine and anti-vaccine circles.—Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 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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