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US
/ˈɡus/
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[ UK /ɡˈuːs/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈuːs/ ]
VERB
-
pinch in the buttocks
he goosed the unsuspecting girl - prod into action
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give a spurt of fuel to
goose the car
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)
How To Use goose In A Sentence
- 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. BlueOregon
- 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. Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation
- 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. Cheap Eats Guide to Europe 1994
- To the rear of Old Hall is a large walled garden that has lawns and a variety of plants and shrubs, as well as strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, rhubarb, plum and apple trees.
- The fruit of the fig is about as big as a rounceval pea, or very small gooseberry; and each of them, upon breaking off the stalk very close, produces one drop of a milky liquor, resembling the juice of our figs, of which the tree is indeed a species. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13
- A curious and unwary fish would become a meal when the goosefish inhaled and quickly engulfed its prey.
- Wilshere consoled her, rubbing her arm, feeling the goose flesh. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
- I had shown the old-fashioned deadeyes instead of rigging screws and had drawn the wrong kind of gooseneck attaching the boom to the mast. Cumberland, Part 3: Acting It Out
- However after learning Yang great wild goose this factory arms the security office staff status truly, the new hundred personnel depart low-spirited.
- Jay snuggled back down into his goose down pillows and picked up a tennis ball to ideally throw at the ceiling, then he looked at Chris who was still fumbling with his words.