goose

  • 11goose — I UK [ɡuːs] / US [ɡus] noun Word forms goose : singular goose plural geese UK [ɡiːs] / US [ɡɪs] 1) a) [countable/uncountable] a large white or grey bird with a long beak called a bill. A male goose is called a gander and a young goose is called a …

    English dictionary

  • 12goose — goose1 [ gus ] (plural geese [ gis ] ) noun 1. ) count or uncount a large white or gray bird with a long beak called a bill. A male goose is called a gander and a young goose is called a gosling. A group of geese is called a flock. a ) uncount… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13goose — 1. n. a silly oaf; an oaf. □ Oh, I’m such a silly goose! □ What a goose you are! 2. tv. to (attempt to) poke something, such as a finger, in someone’s anus. □ Freddy tried to goose me! □ …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 14goose —    The goose has long had a reputation for being rather stupid. To call a person a goose therefore implies that he or she is silly, but ‘goose’ is certainly not meant as a serious insult. It has about the same force as ‘you silly thing’ in modern …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 15goose — [[t]gu͟ːs[/t]] geese 1) N COUNT A goose is a large bird that has a long neck and webbed feet. Geese are often farmed for their meat. 2) N UNCOUNT Goose is the meat from a goose that has been cooked. ...roast goose. 3) → See also wild goose chase… …

    English dictionary

  • 16goose — em·ber·goose; goose; goose·ber·ry; goose·gog; mon·goose; pea·goose; way·goose; wayz·goose; mun·goose; …

    English syllables

  • 17GOOSE — Generic Object Oriented Substation Events (GOOSE) ist ein echzeitfähiges Netzwerkprotokoll zur Steuerung von Geräten über Ethernet Netzwerke. Es ist von der International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in dem Standard IEC 61850 spezifiziert.… …

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  • 18goose — n. & v. n. (pl. geese) 1 a any of various large water birds of the family Anatidae, with short legs, webbed feet, and a broad bill. b the female of this (opp. GANDER). c the flesh of a goose as food. 2 colloq. a simpleton. 3 (pl. gooses) a tailor …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 19goose — goose1 [gu:s] n plural geese [gi:s] [: Old English; Origin: gos] 1.) a) a bird that is like a duck but is larger and makes loud noises b) a female goose →↑gander 2.) …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20goose — [OE] Goose has relatives throughout the Indo European languages: Latin ānser, Greek khén, Sanskrit hansás, Russian gus’, Czech husa, German and Dutch gans, and Swedish gåas (not to mention Irish Gaelic gēis ‘swan’) all go back to a prehistoric… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins