Goose

Quick meaning: Goose is a noun meaning (strictly) A female goose.

Meaning

(strictly) A female goose.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) The flesh of the goose used as food.
2. (South Africa, slang, dated) A young woman or girlfriend.
3. (transitive, slang) To sharply poke or pinch the buttocks, or prod between the buttocks (of a person).
4. 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 generally bigger than ducks.
5. (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.
6. (slang, plural geese or gooses) A silly person.
7. (archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.

Example Sentences

A group of geese is called a gaggle.

There is a flock of geese on the pond.

I'm sorry for you, but you're such a goose.

The goose, reputed to possess high generative power, was sacred to Priapus.

Word Forms

• gooses
• goosing
• goosed

Synonyms for goose

Depending on context, synonyms include zany, jackass, cuckoo, goof, fathead.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cuckoo, jackass, fathead, zany, goof, brant.

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