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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : goos
Phonetic Transcription : gus



Definition of goose

Origin :
  • "a large waterfowl proverbially noted, I know not why, for foolishness" [Johnson], Old English gos, from Proto-Germanic *gans- "goose" (cf. Old Frisian gos, Old Norse gas, Old High German gans, German Gans "goose"), from PIE *ghans- (cf. Sanskrit hamsah (masc.), hansi (fem.), "goose, swan;" Greek khen; Latin anser; Polish gęś "goose;" Lithuanian zasis "goose;" Old Irish geiss "swan"), probably imitative of its honking.
  • Spanish ganso "goose" is from a Germanic source. Loss of "n" sound is normal before "s." Plural form geese is an example of i-mutation.
  • Meaning "simpleton" is from 1540s. To cook one's goose first attested 1845, of unknown origin; attempts to connect it to Swedish history and Greek fables have been unconvincing. Goose egg "zero" first attested 1866 in baseball slang. The goose that laid the golden egg is from Aesop.
  • As in motivation : noun ambition, inspiration
  • As in persuasion : noun influencing to do, believe
  • As in spur : noun incitement, stimulus
  • As in boost : noun encouragement
  • As in boost : noun push, usually up
  • As in fowl : noun domesticated bird
  • As in poultry : noun domesticated bird
  • As in mooncalf : noun fool
  • As in ninny : noun fool
  • As in schmo : noun fool
  • As in schmuck : noun fool
  • As in softhead : noun fool
  • As in tomfool : noun fool
  • As in turkey : noun fool
  • As in fool : noun stupid or ridiculous person
  • As in induce : verb cause to happen; encourage
  • As in lift : verb move upwards; ascend
  • As in motivate : verb stimulate, instigate
  • As in outwit/outsmart : verb get the better of; figure out before another
  • As in pique : verb offend, provoke
  • As in poke : verb push at; thrust
  • As in prod : verb poke at
  • As in prod : verb urge, incite
  • As in push : verb incite, urge
  • As in raise : verb increase, augment
  • As in spur : verb incite, prompt
  • As in top : verb surpass
  • As in outwit : verb deceive
  • As in outsmart : verb outwit
  • As in outthink : verb outwit
  • As in vitalize : verb energize
  • As in drive : verb move or urge on
  • As in energize : verb activate; give more life
  • As in goad : verb egg on, incite
  • As in importune : verb demand, insist
Example sentences :
  • What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander: take that in your thought too.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Apples in some form or other are commonly served with goose.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Cyrus, my advice to you is to go home and tell your wife not to be a goose.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • The old soldiers, for some inscrutable reason, go for goose to a man.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • I told Mallet if he would cook a goose, I would tip one over.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • He then bade me carry the goose into the ranks, and to come to him when we halted at night.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Send apple-sauce to table with the goose; also mashed potatoes.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • If a goose is old it is useless to cook it, as when hard and tough it cannot be eaten.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • This gravy is by many preferred to that which comes from the goose in roasting.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • An' he's got no more business sense into him than God give a goose.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

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