goose
/ɡus/ noun C1- 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 generally bigger than ducks. · There is a flock of geese on the pond.
- A female goose.
- The flesh of the goose used as food.
- A silly person.
- 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.
Plural geese
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I might have told him that he was clearly going on a wild-goose chase, but, on second thoughts, it seemed better to clear the stage by letting him go.
“An arm, you goose!
“You are old,” said the youth, “and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak— Pray, how did you manage to do it?”
I don’t mind being a goose so much if somebody else is goosey, too.
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