English Explanatory Dictionary

press gaggle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An informal off-camera briefing given by a spokesperson or politician.
  2. A noisy crowd of journalists.

Word forms

press gaggle press gaggles

Etymology

By analogy with a gaggle of goose. First recorded in the briefing sense in the early 2000s.

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