Dictionary entry

Gaggle

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Gag″gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Gaggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gaggling (?).] [Of imitative origin; cf. D. gaggelen, gagelen, G. gackeln, gackern, MHG. g�gen, E. giggle, cackle.] To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. Bacon.