Definitions for goose

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goose goose

Spelling: [goos]

IPA: /gus/

Goose is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in goose (egoos).

Definitions for goose

noun

1. any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
2. the female of this bird, as distinguished from the male, or gander.
3. the flesh of a goose, used as food.
4. a silly or foolish person; simpleton.
5. Slang. a poke between the buttocks to startle.
6. Informal. anything that energizes, strengthens, or the like:
7. a tailor's smoothing iron with a curved handle.
8. an obsolete board game played with dice and counters in which a player whose cast falls in a square containing the picture of a goose is allowed to advance double the number of his or her throw.

Idioms

1. cook someone's goose, Informal. to ruin someone's hopes, plans, chances, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. Slang. to poke (a person) between the buttocks to startle.
2. Informal. to prod or urge to action or an emotional reaction: to strengthen or improve (often followed by up): to increase; raise (often followed by up): to give a spurt of fuel to (a motor) to increase speed.

Origin of goose

before 1000; Middle English gose, goos, Old English gōs (plural gēs); cognate with German Gans, Old Norse gās; compare Sanskrit haṅsa, Greek chḗn, Latin ānser

Examples for goose

Let me goose A&E as they duck for cover over their botched handling of the Phil Robertson mess.

Cyrus, my advice to you is to go home and tell your wife not to be a goose.

The old soldiers, for some inscrutable reason, go for goose to a man.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander: take that in your thought too.

Outdoor explorer shows featuring real-life people in extreme climates tend to feature Canada goose coats, he noted.

I wandered around aimlessly for a while, then gave the goose to an acquiescent hippy on a barge.

Apples in some form or other are commonly served with goose.

According to reports from his salespeople, various Korean celebrities have been spotted in Canada goose products in recent years.

I told Mallet if he would cook a goose, I would tip one over.

Thus continued a goose chase that produced, well, a goose egg.