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goose
  1. 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.
  2. The flesh of the goose used as food.
  3. (slang) A silly person.
  4. (archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
  5. (South Africa, slang, dated) A young woman or girlfriend.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “Mallards and black ducks were plentiful, great flocks of wavies flew overhead and the Canada gray goose was fairly numerous.”
      “I expected Dad to give me a clip over the ear for being such a goose but it never came.”
      “Come in, tailor. Here you may roast your goose.”
gooseneck
  1. Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
  2. (nautical) The swivel connection on a sailboat located near the bottom of the mast that the boom attaches to. When a sailboat performs a tack or a jibe the gooseneck swings the boom from one side of the boat to the other.
  3. Examples:
    1. “A gooseneck hitch mount may require lubrication and should be checked for condition, especially the adjustment bolts on the tongue tube.”
      “Features include a 10 number speed dial, an alias database, and an optional gooseneck microphone.”
      “It's a factory crew cab that's low enough to accommodate a gooseneck hitch.”
goosegrass
  1. Any of various grasses, sometimes used as food for geese, principally in genus Eleusine.
  2. A common name for several grasses, sedges, and annual herbs.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “All summer we fight Bermuda grass, nut grass, crabgrass, goosegrass, Dallis grass, spurge, pigweed and others.”
      “The cornbind and goosegrass were clutching at the ancient gooseberry bushes, which sprawled by the paths.”
      “Bleached skeins of last year's goosegrass conceal a ditch and mark out a hedge.”
goosery
  1. A place for keeping geese.
  2. The characteristics or actions of a goose; silliness.
gooseskin
  1. the skin of a goose, especially the removable skin of a the goose form of a narnauk who transforms back into a goose by putting the skin back on
  2. Examples:
    1. “Sometimes when I think I will have to have children in this kind of society I get gooseskin.”
      “These are the one that bring such strong emotions to my mind that I have gooseskin or suffused eyes.”
goosequill
  1. A goose's quill used for writing.
gooseling
  1. A small or baby goose; gosling.
  2. Synonyms:
gooseherd
  1. A person who tends to geese.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Yet was she as lowly and simple of speech and demeanour as if she were a gooseherd of fourteen winters.”
      “In our Franconian village the gooseherd was a little boy, vastly proud of his job.”
      “Then the gooseherd smiled to himself, and played sweeter than ever.”
goosedown
  1. down from a goose
goosie
  1. (childish) goose
goosequills
  1. plural of goosequill
goosegrasses
goosenecks
  1. plural of gooseneck
  2. Examples:
    1. “Swiveling attachments for mainsheet and topping lift are required for use with roller-reefing goosenecks.”
      “Holmes has also upgraded its entire back-to-school assortment with better lamp heads, covered goosenecks, more stylish finishes and an infusion of color.”
      “You'll look down into the serpentine Goosenecks of the San Juan River and see Monument Valley, miles in the distance.”
gooseskins
  1. plural of gooseskin
gooseherds
gooselings
gooseries
  1. plural of goosery
geese
  1. plural form of goose
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It provides winter habitat for 15 million waterbirds, more than 400,000 geese, and 5 million ducks.”
      “We saw lots of waterfowl, mostly Canada geese and mallards with the odd Gadwall.”
      “Zack was fascinated with the baby geese, laughing at their ungainly waddle, watching them as they foraged through the grass.”
goosies
  1. plural of goosie
gooses
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