gaggle of geese

Noisy waterfowl group

A gaggle of geese is the collective noun for geese on the ground or in water, as opposed to a skein or wedge when flying.

Gaggle suggests the noisy, disorganized quality of geese milling about: A gaggle of geese blocked the parking lot.

The term extends humorously to groups of chattering people: a gaggle of tourists.

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honking loudly · feathers · migration · wings · goslings · hissing · webbed · nesting · marshland · water birds · quill · down · squawking · farmyard · waterfowl · flying · wetland · grazing

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formation/arrangement

gaggle of geeseV-formation

Aerodynamic group flight pattern

squadron

group size/composition

gaggle of geeseindividual

One separate human being

order/organization

gaggle of geeseregiment

Colonel-led military unit

formation · phalanx · column

Family

gaggle, geese, goose, gander, gaggles, gaggling

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G