Antonyms for goose

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

Synonyms for goose

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