goose

Plural: geese

Noun

• A large water bird, or a foolish person.
• web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
• a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
• flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)
• Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.
• A female goose.
• The flesh of the goose used as food.
• A silly person.
• A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
• A young woman or girlfriend.
• An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.

Verb

Verb Forms: goosed, goosing, gooses

• To poke, prod, or stimulate suddenly, often playfully.
• pinch in the buttocks
  • "he goosed the unsuspecting girl"
• prod into action
• give a spurt of fuel to
  • "goose the car"
• To sharply poke or pinch the buttocks, or prod between the buttocks, of (a person).
• To stimulate; to spur.
• To gently accelerate (an automobile or machine), or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
• Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not booked a cab, in violation of UK licensing conditions.
• To hiss (a performer) off the stage.

Examples

• He tried to GOOSE his brain for a better word, but nothing came.
• The rare ’Z’ tile felt like a golden GOOSE, promising many points.
• There is a flock of geese on the pond.

Synonyms

bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, zany, goose iron

Related Words

anserine, dove, duck, duckling, eider, pigeon, squab, swan, swanling

Anagrams of goose