goose /goos/

1. Any one of a group of birds of the duck family, intermediate between ducks and swans
2. A domesticated member of the group, descended mainly from the greylag
3. The female of such a bird (masc gander)
4. A tailor's smoothing-iron, from the likeness of the handle to the neck of a goose
5. A stupid, silly person
6. A prod in the buttocks (slang)
7. A game of chance once common in England, in which the players moved counters on a board, with the right to a double move on reaching a picture of a goose (obsolete)

1. To hiss off the stage (theatre)
2. To prod (someone) between the buttocks from behind
3. To grab or poke (a male) in the genitals from behind

goosˈery noun

1. A place for keeping geese
2. Stupidity

goosˈey or goosˈy noun

1. A goose
2. A blockhead

1. Like a goose
2. Affected with gooseflesh

goose-barnacle see under barnacle¹

goose bumps plural noun (informal)

Gooseflesh

gooseˈ-cap noun (obsolete)

A silly person

gooseˈ-club noun (old)

An association for saving to buy geese for Christmas, or to raffle for a goose

gooseˈ-egg noun

1. The egg of a goose
2. A swelling on the head due to an injury (N American)
3. A zero score (US)

gooseˈ-fish noun (US)

The angler-fish

gooseˈflesh noun

1. A knobbly, pimply condition of the skin, like that of a plucked goose or other fowl, due to erection of hairs through cold, horror, etc
2. The bristling feeling in the skin caused by this condition

gooseˈ-flower noun

The pelican-flower, a gigantic species of the genus Aristolochia

gooseˈfoot noun (pl gooseˈfoots)

1. Any plant of the genus Chenopodium of the beet family, so named because of the shape of the leaf
2. Also applied to any member of the family Chenopodiaceae

gooseˈ-girl noun

A girl who herds geese

goosegog, goosegob see under gooseberry

gooseˈ-grass noun

1. Cleavers, a Eurasian plant (Galium aparine) with a bristly stem and fruits that cling to clothes, etc
2. Silverweed

gooseˈherd noun

A person who herds geese

gooseˈ-neck noun

A hook, bracket, pipe, etc bent like a goose's neck

gooseˈ-pimples plural noun

Gooseflesh

gooseˈ-quill noun

One of the quills or large wing feathers of a goose, esp one used as a pen

gooseˈ-skin noun

Gooseflesh, horripilation

goose step noun (military)

A method of marching (resembling a goose's walk) with knees stiff and soles brought flat on the ground

gooseˈ-step intransitive verb (gooseˈ-stepping; gooseˈ-stepped).

gooseˈ-wing noun (nautical)

One of the clews or lower corners of a ship's mainsail or foresail when the middle part is furled or tied up to the yard

gooseˈ-winged adjective (nautical)

1. Having only one clew set
2. In fore-and-aft rigged vessels, having the mainsail on one side and the foresail on the other, so as to sail wing-and-wing

the goose that lays the golden eggs see golden goose under golden

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