Goose Definition

go͝os
geese, goosed, gooses, goosing
noun
geese
Any of various long-necked, web-footed, wild or domestic waterfowl that are like ducks but larger; esp., a female as distinguished from a gander.
Webster's New World
The female of such a bird.
American Heritage
The flesh of a goose, used for food.
Webster's New World
A silly person.
Webster's New World
A tailor's pressing iron with a long handle curved somewhat like the neck of a goose.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
goosed, gooses, goosing
To prod suddenly and playfully in the backside so as to startle.
Webster's New World
To prod, or stir, into action.
Webster's New World
To feed gasoline to (an engine) in irregular spurts.
Webster's New World
(slang) To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.
Wiktionary
To stimulate, to spur.
Wiktionary
idiom
cook someone's goose
  • to spoil someone's chances, hopes, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Goose

Noun

Singular:
goose
Plural:
geese

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Origin of Goose

  • From Middle English goos, gos, from Old English gōs, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans- (compare West Frisian goes, North Frisian göis (also Fering-Öömrang dialect gus; Sölring dialect guus; Heligoland dialect gus), Low German Goos, Gans, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish gås, Swedish gås, Norwegian gås, Icelandic gæs, Irish gé, Latin ānser, Latvian zùoss, Russian гусь (gus'), Albanian gatë, Ancient Greek χήν (chén), Avestan (zā), Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English goos from Old English gōs ghans- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Goose Sentence Examples

  • Claire thinks I'm a silly goose about it.

  • The memory brought goose bumps to her arms.

  • The thought brought goose bumps to her arms.

  • Large flocks of sheep are kept, both for their flesh and their wool, and there are in the province large numbers of horned cattle and of pigs, Geese and goose feathers form lucrative articles of export.

  • The interest and the conversation are about costume and manners chiefly; but a goose is a goose still, dress it as you will.

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