Collective noun

gaggle

Also spelled Gagle (1486)

What do you call a group of geese or women?

a gaggle of geese · a gaggle of women

Used for
2 subjects
Categories
Animals, People
Subcategories
Birds, General
Type
Specific
Best confidence
high

Definition

  1. A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
  2. Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Gagle of wymen”.

Other senses of the word: gaggle on Wiktionary

Usage as a collective noun

a gaggle of geese

Book of St AlbansContext-dependent

A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.

Subject
goose (geese)
Category
Animals → Birds
Context
on land
Confidence
high
Attestation
historical-source, wikipedia-cited, wiktionary-attested
Also spelled
Gagle (1486)
6 sources
  1. Wikipedia - List of animal names
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center - Common Questions: What Do You Call a Group of...?
  3. Oxford University Press - AskOxford: G
  4. Wiktionary - gaggle
  5. Wiktionary - Appendix:English collective nouns
  6. Book of Saint Albans (1486) - The companyes of bestys & foules

Related words

Other groups of geese

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