goose

IPA: gˈus

noun

  • Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.
  • (strictly) A female goose.
  • The flesh of the goose used as food.
  • (slang, plural geese or gooses) A silly person.
  • (archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
  • (South Africa, slang, dated) A young woman or girlfriend.
  • (uncountable, historical) An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive, slang) To sharply poke or pinch the buttocks, or prod between the buttocks, of (a person).
  • (transitive, slang) To stimulate; to spur.
  • (transitive, slang) To gently accelerate (an automobile or machine), or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
  • (slang, UK) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not booked a cab, in violation of UK licensing conditions.
  • (transitive, slang) To hiss (a performer) off the stage.
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Examples of "goose" in Sentences

  • The call is a goose like honking.
  • The goose that laid the golden eggs.
  • Goose Gossage shut the door in the ninth.
  • He was identified with the ram and the goose.
  • Hans happily exchanges the goose for the grindstone.
  • Sauce for the goose is savory delicious sauce for the gander.
  • The American Buff Goose is a breed of goose in the Medium Class.
  • As a prize, the winner of the competition gets to keep the goose.
  • Now, is the sauce for the goose as good as the sauce for the gander
  • A deputy could find no evidence the goose had been shot so it could have been pecked by a chicken.

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