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单词 ganders
释义

gander

1 of 2

noun (1)

gan·​der ˈgan-dər How to pronounce gander (audio)
1
: an adult male goose
2
: simpleton

gander

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural ganders
informal
: look, glance
take a gander
Those intrigued by such oddities … will surely find Stuart Kelly's "Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read" worth a gander. Joe Queenan
… trying to step back for a good gander at the art in the Guggenheim. Charles Taylor
… had no choice but to push to the front of the horde and through some glass doors to get a gander at what was going on. Rick Barrs

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • cast
  • eye
  • glance
  • glimpse
  • look
  • peek
  • peep
  • regard
  • sight
  • view

Noun (2)

  • airhead
  • birdbrain
  • blockhead
  • bonehead
  • bubblehead
  • chowderhead
  • chucklehead
  • clodpoll
  • clodpole
  • clot [British]
  • cluck
  • clunk
  • cretin
  • cuddy [British dialect]
  • cuddie
  • deadhead
  • dim bulb [slang]
  • dimwit
  • dip
  • dodo
  • dolt
  • donkey
  • doofus [slang]
  • dope
  • dork [slang]
  • dullard
  • dum-dum
  • dumbbell
  • dumbhead
  • dummkopf
  • dummy
  • dunce
  • dunderhead
  • fathead
  • golem
  • goof
  • goon
  • half-wit
  • hammerhead
  • hardhead
  • idiot
  • ignoramus
  • imbecile
  • jackass
  • know-nothing
  • knucklehead
  • lamebrain
  • loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
  • loon
  • lump
  • lunkhead
  • meathead
  • mome [archaic]
  • moron
  • mug [chiefly British]
  • mutt
  • natural
  • nimrod [slang]
  • nincompoop
  • ninny
  • ninnyhammer
  • nit [chiefly British]
  • nitwit
  • noddy
  • noodle
  • numskull
  • numbskull
  • oaf
  • pinhead
  • prat [British]
  • ratbag [chiefly Australian]
  • saphead
  • schlub [slang]
  • shlub
  • schnook [slang]
  • simpleton
  • stock
  • stupe
  • stupid
  • thickhead
  • turkey
  • woodenhead
  • yahoo
  • yo-yo
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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English gandre, gander, going back to Old English gandra, ganra, going back to Germanic *gan-ra- (whence Middle Low German ganre "male goose," Upper German dialect Gander, Ganter), derivative from the base of Germanic *gan-s- "goose" — more at goose entry 1

Noun (2)

probably derivative of gander entry 1, from the goose-like appearance of a person stretching to look at something

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

circa 1914, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

gander 1 of 2

noun

gan·​der ˈgan-dər How to pronounce gander (audio)
: a male goose

gander

2 of 2

noun

: a look or glance Take a gander at that new bicycle.

ganders 1 of 2

noun (1)

plural of gander
as in glances
an instance of looking especially briefly suggested that they take a gander at the display of classic cars

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • glances
  • looks
  • peeks
  • glimpses
  • peeps
  • regards
  • stares
  • gazes
  • sights
  • ogles
  • views
  • glares
  • leers
  • eyes
  • gapes
  • side-glances
  • casts
  • squinnies
  • squints
  • coups d'oeil

ganders

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural of gander
as in idiots
a stupid person the village's chief of police was an ineffectual albeit pleasant gander

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • idiots
  • morons
  • geese
  • dummies
  • lunatics
  • stupids
  • prats
  • mutts
  • losers
  • turkeys
  • donkeys
  • clucks
  • fools
  • noddies
  • numskulls
  • loons
  • naturals
  • knuckleheads
  • imbeciles
  • yahoos
  • dolts
  • pinheads
  • blockheads
  • hardheads
  • ninnies
  • stupes
  • dopes
  • cretins
  • birdbrains
  • nincompoops
  • bubbleheads
  • dullards
  • dunderheads
  • goons
  • fatheads
  • hammerheads
  • boneheads
  • dunces
  • stocks
  • ignoramuses
  • chuckleheads
  • dimwits
  • oafs
  • deadheads
  • noodles
  • lunkheads
  • sapheads
  • dumbbells
  • nimrods
  • dips
  • loggerheads
  • schnooks
  • jackasses
  • lumps
  • momes
  • airheads
  • goofs
  • simpletons
  • meatheads
  • dumb clucks
  • jerks
  • golems
  • cuddies
  • nitwits
  • clowns
  • thickheads
  • schlubs
  • numbskulls
  • ratbags
  • clunks
  • dumbheads
  • nits
  • chowderheads
  • clodpoles
  • dorks
  • doofuses
  • clodpolls
  • dim bulbs
  • clots
  • nuts
  • shlubs
  • dufuses
  • ninnyhammers
  • ignorami
  • know-nothings
  • dodos
  • skunks
  • boobies
  • woodenheads
  • dum-dums
  • villains
  • half-wits
  • skunk
  • dodoes
  • madmen
  • lamebrains
  • dummkopfs
  • loonies
  • snakes
  • yo-yos
  • buffoons
  • zanies
  • gawks
  • mugs
  • creeps
  • beasts
  • heels
  • cads
  • scatterbrains
  • churls
  • stinkers
  • boors
  • curs
  • featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • genii
  • brains
  • geniuses
  • intellects
  • wizards
  • whizzes
  • thinkers
  • intellectuals
  • sages
  • polymaths
  • sharpies
  • Renaissance men
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