(n.) A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges.
(n.) A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls.
(v. i.) To brood; to incubate.
(n.) A pantry.
Example Sentences:
(1) We strolled across springy heather and moss as wet as a sponge, and a strange cackling call of “go-back, go-back” rose on the wind: small coveys of red grouse whirred away from us.
(2) ‘owl-light’ (Lancashire) fizmer the whispering sound of wind in reeds or grass (Fenland) grimlins the night hours around midsummer when dusk blends into dawn (Orkney) The word-hoard: Robert Macfarlane on rewilding our language of landscape Read more gruffy ground the surface landscape left behind by lead-mining (Somerset) grumma a mirage caused by mist or haze (Shetland) hob-gob a dangerously choppy sea (Suffolk) muxy of land; sticky, miry, muddy (Exmoor) outshifts the fringes and boundaries of a town (Cambridgeshire) roarie-bummlers fast-moving storm clouds (Scots) snow-bones long thin patches of snow still lying after a thaw, often in dips or stream-cuts (Yorkshire) turn-whol a deep and seething pool where two quick streams meet (Cumbria) zwer the whirring sound made by a covey of partridge taking flight (Exmoor)
(3) That action signals this administration’s commitment to protecting the interests of transgender people in this context and sends a message to state officials that the federal government has taken a clear position on the substantive legal issues in the case, said Georgia State University law professor Russell Covey.
(4) Donna Covey, its chief executive, said: "Councils must ensure that those in greatest need of housing are given priority, so it would be unjust and inhumane to force refugees to the end of the queue simply because they were not born in the UK.
(5) Sometimes only a word or touch of the hand can covey the physician's support and understanding which are so meaningful for a terminally ill patient.
Gaggle
Definition:
(v. i.) To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.
(v. i.) A flock of wild geese.
Example Sentences:
(1) We also hear of a radio streaming service that will challenge Pandora and Spotify, and there's the usual gaggle of iPhone, iPad, and Mac variations.
(2) The warmest cheers came for the NHS ("not for sale", warned Unison's Dave Prentis), for attacks on the banks or (Unite's Len McCluskey) that "gaggle of public schoolboys on the make" who run the coalition.
(3) The gaggle of lawyers acting for the celebrities suing the newspaper argue that all News Corp has done is move from the "one rogue" – referring to the already jailed Goodman – to a "two rogue" strategy.
(4) On the one hand I was already too western for the gaggle of parents who brought us up communally (“You want to study English?
(5) The gaggle today is just today’s pool with the addition of a few others here at the White House.” Some outlets lingered in the West Wing hallway out of frustration but were asked by a Secret Service agent, upon instructions from the White House press office, to leave the area.
(6) I won’t do it again.” But he was cheery enough later, stopping to sign balls for a gaggle of ball-kids on his way to interview.
(7) The crowd has a right to do what they want, to cheer for whoever they want.” But he was cheery enough later, stopping to sign balls for a gaggle of ball-kids on his way to interview.
(8) It feels like a scene from Goodfellas, except instead of gangsters and gumars there's a gaggle of photography assistants nervously working around Ross.
(9) It's easy to forget, watching him talk, viewing old films, even seeing him goof about with a gaggle of kids in Fading Gigolo, that Allen is the product of pre-war New York.
(10) "Watergate and Vietnam served ... to erode the authority I think the president needs to be effective, especially in the national security area," opined the vice-president to a gaggle of reporters in the cabin of Air Force Two, as they flew over the Middle East.
(11) And, as in paradise, there were angels: a gaggle of ragged smiling children had gathered at our door, chattering excitedly.
(12) FOX 29 (@FOX29philly) Gaggle waiting for Christie in Fort Lee, NJ.
(13) After school last week, a gaggle of African children heading home with their satchels waved at the elderly Italian men lined up on chairs for a gossip outside the barber shop.
(14) Without fanfare or advertising, Nando's has woven itself into the fabric of UK society over the past few years, popping up on high streets across the country to serve everyone from happy families to lunching workers, from gaggling teens to dating couples.
(15) We have come too far – in our football stadiums and on our streets – for us to permit the thuggery of a gaggle of drunks to define us and our Britain in 2015.
(16) Spilling out of the Eastern Comfort hostel, which floats on Berlin's river Spree, a gaggle of Spanish tourists in town for a week of clubbing poses for the customary snapshots at one of the city's most iconic images.
(17) The “gaggle” with Sean Spicer , the White House press secretary, took place in lieu of his daily briefing and was originally scheduled as an on-camera event.
(18) Kate got to do some arts and crafts with a gaggle of boisterous school children who thought they were meeting Princess Elsa from Disney’s Frozen.
(19) On 20 April, he announced his alternative currency to a gaggle of online followers.
(20) But things got really weird when I found on Friday a gaggle of police near the Guardian office randomly questioning a 41-year-old Iranian national.