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Meaning of 'goose' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Goose [ n.]
- Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.
- Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.
- A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.
- A silly creature; a simpleton.
- A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.

Meaning of 'goose' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . goose [ v]
Meaning (1):
- give a spurt of fuel to
Example in sentence:
  • goose the car
Meaning (2):
- pinch in the buttocks
Example in sentence:
  • he goosed the unsuspecting girl

Nearby Words:

goober good good now good-by good-bye good-den good-fellowship good-humored good-humoredly good-looking

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