goose
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
goose /guːs/
▶noun (pl. geese /giːs/)
- 1 a large waterbird with a long neck, short legs, webbed feet, and a short, broad bill. [Several genera in the family
Anatidae .]■ a female goose.
- 2 informal a foolish person.
- 3 (pl. gooses) a tailor's smoothing iron.
- 1 poke (someone) in the bottom.
- 2 chiefly US give a boost to.
– origin OE gōs, of Gmc origin.
'goose' also found in these Oxford entries:
anserine
- barnacle goose
- bean goose
- boo
- brant
- brent goose
- cackle
- Canada goose
- cook
- egg
- gaggle
- gander
- geese
- golden goose
- gonzo
- goosander
- goose barnacle
- gooseberry
- goosebumps
- goose egg
- goosefoot
- gooseneck
- goose pimples
- goose step
- goshawk
- gosling
- gossamer
- greylag
- gunsel
- honk
- merganser
- nene
- ocarina
- pâté de foie gras
- screamer
- shelduck
- snow goose
- wild goose chase
