zero or a score of zero

a grey goose , Anser fabalis

a variety of the snow goose that has a bluish-grey body and white head and neck

a small goose , Branta bernicla, that has a dark grey plumage and short neck and occurs in most northern coastal regions

a large northern bird, Gavia immer, with a black-and-white chequered back and a black head and neck in summer : family Gaviidae ( divers )

If you get goose bumps , the hairs on your skin stand up so that it is covered with tiny bumps. You get goose bumps when you are cold , frightened , or excited .

→ wild-goose chase

→ goose bumps

cleavers

the bumpy condition of the skin induced by cold, fear , etc, caused by contraction of the muscles at the base of the hair follicles with consequent erection of papillae : so called because of the resemblance to the skin of a freshly-plucked fowl

When soldiers goose-step , they lift their legs high and do not bend their knees as they march.

a North American goose , Anser hyperboreus (or Chen hyperborea or A. caerulescens ), having a white plumage with black wing tips

any undomesticated goose , esp. the greylag of Britain or the Canada goose

a large common greyish-brown North American goose , Branta canadensis, with a black neck and head and a white throat patch

a goose in folklore that laid a golden egg a day until its greedy owner killed it in an attempt to get all the gold at once

the melted fat of the goose , used in domestic medicine as an ointment

Goose pimples are the same as → goose bumps .

a large black-and-white goose , Anseranas semipalmata, of N Australia and adjacent islands

the imaginary author of the collection of nursery rhymes published in 1781 in London as Mother Goose's Melody

→ gannet

a N European goose , Branta leucopsis , that has a black-and-white head and body and grey wings

→ barnacle goose

an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton

any barnacle of the genus Lepas, living attached by a stalk to pieces of wood, having long feathery appendages ( cirri ) and flattened shells

a greyish Australian goose , Cereopsis novaehollandiae , having a black bill with a greenish cere

to do something which gets you into trouble or spoils your chances of success

a Eurasian goose , Anser brachyrhynchus, having a reddish-brown head, pink legs, and a pink band on its black beak

If you are on a wild goose chase , you waste a lot of time searching for something that you have little chance of finding , because you have been given incorrect information.

a search for something that you have little chance of finding because you have been given wrong information

If you cook someone's goose , you prevent their plans from succeeding .

any of several heavily built marine birds of the genus Morus (or Sula ), having a long stout bill and typically white plumage with dark markings : family Sulidae, order Pelecaniformes ( pelicans , cormorants , etc)

a large grey Eurasian goose , Anser anser : the ancestor of many domestic breeds of goose

a rare black-and-grey short-winged Hawaiian goose , Branta sandvicensis, having partly webbed feet

is extremely timid or diffident

the bumpy condition of the skin induced by cold , fear , etc, caused by contraction of the muscles at the base of the hair follicles with consequent erection of papillae : so called because of the resemblance to the skin of a freshly-plucked fowl

said to mean that someone is very quiet , shy or nervous

to result in an important source of income being destroyed or seriously reduced

to sacrifice future benefits for the sake of momentary present needs

If you say what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander , you mean what is acceptable for one person in a particular situation should be acceptable for another person in a similar situation.

If someone kills the goose that lays the golden egg , they harm or destroy the person or thing that gives them their money, power, or advantage .