goose

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: goose

1	n	web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
2	n	a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
3	v	pinch in the buttocks

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: goose

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; gosling
young goose; gander
mature male goose; Anser cygnoides, Chinese goose
very large wild goose of northeast Asia; interbreeds freely with the greylag; Anser anser, graylag, graylag goose, greylag, greylag goose
common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds; Chen caerulescens, blue goose
North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter; brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward; Branta canadensis, Canada goose, Canadian goose, honker
common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call; Branta leucopsis, barnacle, barnacle goose
European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north; snow goose
blue goose in the white color phase; Branta bernicla, common brant goose
the best known variety of brant goose

Type of:: poultry
flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food

Type of:: fool, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool
a person who lacks good judgment

“he goosed the unsuspecting girl”

Type of:: nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch
squeeze tightly between the fingers

“goose the car”

Type of:: pump
operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal

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