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noun. Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, and especially of the genera Anser, Branta, and Chen, characteristically having a shorter neck than that of a swan and a shorter, more pointed bill than that of a duck.

noun. The female of such a bird.

noun. The flesh of such a bird used as food.

noun. A silly person.

noun. A tailor's pressing iron with a long curved handle.

noun. A poke, prod, or pinch between or on the buttocks.

transitive verb. To poke, prod, or pinch (a person) between or on the buttocks.

transitive verb. To move to action; spur.

transitive verb. To give a spurt of fuel to (a car, for example); cause to accelerate quickly.

To hiss at; hiss down; condemn by hissing.

noun. In keno, the globe from which the numbered balls are withdrawn.

noun. Any bird of the family Anatidæ and subfamily Anserinæ, of which there are about 40 species of several genera, as well as different varieties of the domesticated bird. See phrases below.

noun. A silly, foolish person; a simpleton: in allusion to the supposed stupidity of the domestic goose, inferred from its somewhat clumsy appearance and motions.

noun. A tailors' smoothing-iron: so called from the resemblance of its handle to the neck of a goose.

noun. A game of chance formerly common in England.

noun. A piece used in the game of fox and geese.

noun. The European graylaggoose.

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noun. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinæ, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.

noun. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.

noun. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.

noun. A silly creature; a simpleton.

noun. A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.

noun. an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment.

noun. See under Fen.

noun. any pedunculated barnacle of the genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also duck barnacle. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.

noun. a silly person.

noun. a coarse kind of rush (Juncus squarrosus).

noun. Michaelmas.

noun. The annual spear grass (Poa annua).

noun. anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast.

noun. a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it.

noun. See Goose flesh, above.

noun. a composite plant (Achillea ptarmica), growing wild in the British islands.

noun. See Phalarope.

noun. See Gannet.

noun. Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, bigger than a duck

noun. The flesh of the goose used as food.

noun. A stupid person

noun. A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.

noun. A young woman or girlfriend.

verb. To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.

verb. To stimulate, to spur.

verb. To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.

verb. Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.

verb. pinch in the buttocks

verb. give a spurt of fuel to

noun. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

verb. prod into action

african goose  ammer-goose  bald goose  bar-goose  bar-headed goose  

egg on  fool  incite  muggins  nip  

Bruce  Chartreuse  Duce  Luce  Seuss  

bird  boar  chicken  deer  duck  

Bantam  Cornish hen  banty  barn-door fowl  barnyard fowl  

anseres  geese  

goosed  gooses  goosing