| goose | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. goose | web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks. |
| ~ anseriform bird | chiefly web-footed swimming birds. |
| ~ anatidae, family anatidae | swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks. |
| ~ gosling | young goose. |
| ~ gander | mature male goose. |
| ~ anser cygnoides, chinese goose | very large wild goose of northeast Asia; interbreeds freely with the greylag. |
| ~ anser anser, graylag, graylag goose, greylag, greylag goose | common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds. |
| ~ blue goose, chen caerulescens | North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter. |
| ~ brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose | small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward. |
| ~ branta canadensis, canada goose, canadian goose, honker | common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call. |
| ~ barnacle goose, branta leucopsis, barnacle | European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north. |
| ~ goose down | down of the goose. |
| ~ goose | flesh of a goose (domestic or wild). |
| ~ gaggle | a flock of geese. |
| n. (person) | 2. bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool. |
| ~ fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool, sap | a person who lacks good judgment. |
| n. (food) | 3. goose | flesh of a goose (domestic or wild). |
| ~ goose | web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks. |
| ~ poultry | flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food. |
| v. (contact) | 4. goose | pinch in the buttocks.; "he goosed the unsuspecting girl" |
| ~ nip, pinch, tweet, twinge, twitch, squeeze | squeeze tightly between the fingers.; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle" |
| v. (contact) | 5. goose | prod into action. |
| ~ egg on, prod, incite | urge on; cause to act.; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window" |
| v. (contact) | 6. goose | give a spurt of fuel to.; "goose the car" |
| ~ pump | operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal.; "pump the gas pedal" |
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