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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈgoose ˌflesh or ˈgooseˌflesh, n. [uncountable]- Physiologya bristling of the hair on the skin, as from cold or fear.
Also called ˈgoose ˌpim•ples, ˈgoose ˌbumps. [countable* plural] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024goose′ flesh′, - a rough condition of the skin, resembling that of a plucked goose, induced by cold or fear;
horripilation.
Also, goose′flesh′. Also called goose pimples, goose′ bumps′, goose skin. - late Middle English 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: goose flesh n - 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
Also called: goose bumps, goose pimples, goose skin
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