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Definition of 'Goose' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) goose
any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, esp. of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.

2.  goose
the female of this bird

3.  goose
the flesh of a goose, used as food.

4.  goose
a silly or foolish person; simpleton.

5.  goose
Slang.

6.  goose
a poke between the buttocks to startle.

7.  goose
something that energizes or rouses; a prod.

8.  goose
a tailor's smoothing iron with a curved handle.

9. (v.t.) goose
to poke between the buttocks to startle.

10.  goose
to prod or urge to action or reaction.

11.  goose
to add strength, vigor, numbers, etc., to (often fol. by up).


Definition of 'Goose' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) goose
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

2. (noun) fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zany
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

3. (verb) goose
flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

4. (verb) goose
pinch in the buttocks
"he goosed the unsuspecting girl"

5. (verb) goose
prod into action

6. (verb) goose
give a spurt of fuel to
"goose the car"


Definition of 'Goose' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) goose
a wild or farm bird with a long neck


Definition of 'Goose' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Goose
any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres

2. (noun) Goose
any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose

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

4. (noun) Goose
a silly creature; a simpleton

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


Translation of 'Goose' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a web-footed animal like a duck, but larger
The farmer's wife keeps geese.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gans Arabic flag Arabic: إوَزَّه، وَزَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гъска
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ganso Czech flag Czech: husa German flag German: die Gans
Danish flag Danish: gås Greek flag Greek: χήνα Spanish flag Spanish: ganso
Estonian flag Estonian: hani Farsi flag Farsi: غاز Finnish flag Finnish: hanhi
French flag French: oie Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַווָז Hindi flag Hindi: हंस
Croatian flag Croatian: guska Hungarian flag Hungarian: liba Indonesian flag Indonesian: angsa
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gæs Italian flag Italian: oca Japanese flag Japanese: がちょう
Korean flag Korean: 거위 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: žąsis Latvian flag Latvian: zoss
Malay flag Malay: angsa Dutch flag Dutch: gans Norwegian flag Norwegian: gås
Polish flag Polish: gęś Persian flag Persian: غاز Pashto flag Pashto: غاز،قاز
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ganso Romanian flag Romanian: gâscă Russian flag Russian: гусь
Slovak flag Slovak: hus Slovenian flag Slovenian: gos Serbian flag Serbian: guska
Swedish flag Swedish: gås Thai flag Thai: ห่าน Turkish flag Turkish: kaz
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese:  Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гуска; гусак Urdu flag Urdu: بط
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngỗng Chinese flag Chinese: 

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