goose
Other forms: geese; gooses; goosed; goosing
A goose is a large bird with webbed feet. Geese hang out around ponds and lakes, fly in a V formation, and make a distinct honking noise.
Geese are classified as waterfowl, birds that live at least part of the time in a body of water. If someone calls you a goose, it's mildly insulting: they're saying you're silly. Many other common phrases use goose, including "a wild goose chase," which means a hopeless pursuit or waste of time, and "your goose is cooked," which translates to "you are in big trouble!"
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web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than duckstypes:goslingyoung goosegandermature male gooseAnser cygnoides, Chinese goosevery large wild goose of northeast Asia; interbreeds freely with the greylagAnser anser, graylag, graylag goose, greylag, greylag goosecommon grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breedsChen caerulescens, blue gooseNorth American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winterbrant, brant goose, brent, brent goosesmall dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southwardBranta canadensis, Canada goose, Canadian goose, honkercommon greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting callBranta leucopsis, barnacle, barnacle gooseEuropean goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far northsnow gooseblue goose in the white color phasetype of:anseriform birdchiefly web-footed swimming birds
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flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)type of:poultryflesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
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a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
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pinch in the buttocks
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give a spurt of fuel to“goose the car”type of:pumpoperate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal
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prod into action
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Vocabulary lists containing goose
We're honoring our feathered friends. So be bald and dive into this list of trilling vocabulary all about birds. Here are links to our lists in the collection: List 1, List 2