duck vs goose
Definitions
verb
- to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
- dip into a liquid
- submerge or plunge suddenly
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
noun
- small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
- (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
- a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
- flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
Examples
It's penguins, albatrosses, caracaras, steamer ducks and a couple of endemic small jobs you've come for.
The plan is a dead duck: there's no money.
Even the normal Perigordine fare of duck la gras and truffles washed down with red wine and pastis has yielded in favour of Scottish food and drink in celebration of the Auld Alliance.
Definitions
verb
- pinch in the buttocks
- prod into action
- give a spurt of fuel to
noun
- web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
- a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)
Examples
We would have make it earlier, but I procrastinated with completed and sealed ballots sitting on my desk for a couple of days -- no good excuse, but the reminders to spare the GOTC callers (and ourselves) reminder calls goosed me into action.
Other numerous species include the yellowbilled diver Gavia adamsii, whooper swan Cygnus cygnus, lesser whitefronted goose Anser erythropus, slatybacked gull Larus Schistisagus, Kamchatka tern Sterna camtschatica, guillemot Uria aalge, thickbilled guillemot Uria lomvia, pigeon guillemot Cepphus columbs, ancient murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus, horned puffin Fratercula Corniculata and tufted puffin Lunda cirrhata.
At one time food tended to be cooked in lard or goose fat, and this gave it a reputation for being heavy and hard to digest.
