What does Gosling mean?

Definitions for Gosling
ˈgɒz lɪŋgosling

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. goslingnoun

    young goose

Wiktionary

  1. goslingnoun

    A young goose.

  2. goslingnoun

    A callow (immature, inexperienced) / foolish, naive, young person.

  3. Etymology: From Late gosling, goselyng, alteration (due to goos, gose) of earlier gesling, of origin, from gæsling, géslingr, from gás + -lingr. More at goose, -ling.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Goslingnoun

    Etymology: from goose.

    Why do you go nodding and waggling so like a fool, as if you were hipshot? says the goose to her gosling. Roger L'Estrange.

    Nature hath instructed even a brood of goslings to stick together, while the kite is hovering over their heads. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. gosling

    A gosling is a young, immature goose that is newly hatched up to the point when it feathers like those of an adult. It is often the term used for both male and female baby geese.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Goslingnoun

    a young or unfledged goose

  2. Goslingnoun

    a catkin on nut trees and pines

  3. Etymology: [AS. gs goose + -ling.]

Wikidata

  1. Gosling

    Gosling was an American alternative rock band formed in Tri-Cities, Washington. The band was composed of Davey Ingersoll, Mark Watrous, Shane Middleton and Isaac Carpenter. As Loudermilk, formed in 1995, the group released two albums; the independently released Man with Gun Kills Three! and then major label debut The Red Record, and toured with Megadeth and Mötley Crüe. Loudermilk appeared in an episode of Dawson's Creek under the stylized name "LoudMilk" performing "Rock 'N' Roll & The Teenage Desperation" on stage. They also performed "Elekt" on the tv show Charmed The group later, in 2004, changed both their name and music style and were then known as Gosling. They went on to release a self titled EP, through The Control Group in 2004 and their final album, Here Is..., through V2, in 2006. They played shows with Velvet Revolver and Rose Hill Drive before eventually disbanding.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Gosling

    goz′ling, n. a young goose. [A.S. gós, goose, double dim. -l-ing.]

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    Song lyrics by gosling -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by gosling on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GOSLING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gosling is ranked #33499 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Gosling surname appeared 681 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gosling.

    91.7% or 625 total occurrences were White.
    3.6% or 25 total occurrences were Black.
    2.3% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.4% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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  1. golgins

  2. oglings

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Gosling in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Gosling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Gosling in a Sentence

  1. Christina Aguilera:

    [ Timberlake ] had swag. Back then Justin Timberlake had swag, but I know Ryan Gosling did have a crush on Britney Spears. I think so.

  2. Ben Affleck:

    Years ago, I used to play fast and a little loose more on Twitter. These days, I'm a little bit more reserved, i said,' Well the difference is easy to spot. Ryan Gosling has blond hair and Ryan Reynolds is a [ expletive ].

  3. Christina Aguilera:

    I know Ryan [Gosling] pretty much... he did have a crush on Britney, she [Spears] must be regretting that.

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