GOOSE

goose

(noun) web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

goose

(noun) flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany

(noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

goose

(verb) give a spurt of fuel to; “goose the car”

goose

(verb) prod into action

goose

(verb) pinch in the buttocks; “he goosed the unsuspecting girl”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

goose (countable and uncountable, plural geese)

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.

A female goose (sense 1).

The flesh of the goose used as food.

(slang) 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.

Usage notes

• A male goose is called a gander. A young goose is a gosling.

• A group of geese can be called a gaggle when they are on the ground or in the water, and a skein or a wedge when they are in flight.

Synonyms

• (tailor's iron): goose iron

Verb

goose (third-person singular simple present gooses, present participle goosing, simple past and past participle goosed)

(slang) To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.

To stimulate, to spur.

(slang) To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.

(UK slang) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.

(transitive, slang) To hiss (a performer) off the stage.

Source: Wiktionary

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Goose, n.; pl. Geese. Etym: [OE. gos, AS. g, pl. g; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. gas, Dan. gaas, Sw. g, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. hamsa. sq. root233. Cf. Gander, Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zoöl.)

1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinæ, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.

Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose (Anser anser). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle, Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, Wild goose, Brant.

2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.

Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Ægyptiaca) and the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong to the family Plectropteridæ. The Australian semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis Novæ-Hollandiæ) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia.

3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.

4. A silly creature; a simpleton.

5. A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted. The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. Goldsmith. A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment.

– Fen goose. See under Fen.

– Goose barnacle (Zoöl.), any pedunculated barnacle of the genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also duck barnacle. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.

– Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] Beau. & .

– Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush (Juncus squarrosus).

– Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.] -- Goose flesh, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear; -- called also goose skin.goose pimples and goose bumps -- Goose grass. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and cleavers. (b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). (c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).

– Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast.

– Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it.

– Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.

– Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant (Achillea ptarmica), growing wild in the British islands.

– Sea goose. (Zoöl.) See Phalarope.

– Solan goose. (Zoöl.) See Gannet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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