Goose vs. Gander

Goosenoun

Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.

Goosenoun

The flesh of the goose used as food.

Goosenoun

(slang) A silly person.

Goosenoun

(archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.

Goosenoun

A young woman or girlfriend.

Goosenoun

An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.

Gooseverb

(slang) To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.

Gooseverb

To stimulate, to spur.

Gooseverb

(slang) To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.

Gooseverb

(UK slang) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.

Gooseverb

To hiss (a performer) off the stage.

Goosenoun

Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinæ, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.

Goosenoun

Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.

Goosenoun

A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.

Goosenoun

A silly creature; a simpleton.

Goosenoun

A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.

Goosenoun

web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

Goosenoun

a man who is a stupid incompetent fool

Goosenoun

flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)

Goosenoun

a large waterbird with a long neck, short legs, webbed feet, and a short broad bill. Generally geese are larger than ducks and have longer necks and shorter bills.

Goosenoun

a female goose.

Goosenoun

the flesh of a goose as food.

Goosenoun

a foolish person

Goosenoun

a tailor's smoothing iron.

Gooseverb

poke (someone) in the bottom.

Gooseverb

give (something) a boost; invigorate

Goose

A goose (plural geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera Anser (the grey geese and white geese) and Branta (the black geese).

Gandernoun

A male goose.

Gandernoun

A fool, simpleton.

Gandernoun

A glance, look.

Gandernoun

(US) A man living apart from his wife.

Ganderverb

ramble, wander

Gandernoun

The male of any species of goose.

Gandernoun

mature male goose

Gandernoun

a town on the island of Newfoundland, on Lake Gander; population 9,951 (2006). Its airport served the first regular transatlantic flights during the Second World War.

Ganderverb

look or glance at something