Goose vs. Step

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).

Stepnoun

An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.

Stepnoun

A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.

Stepnoun

A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.

Stepnoun

A running board where passengers step to get on and off the bus.

Stepnoun

The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running.

Stepnoun

A small space or distance.

Stepnoun

A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.

Stepnoun

A gait; manner of walking.

Stepnoun

Proceeding; measure; action; act.

Stepnoun

(plural) A walk; passage.

Stepnoun

(plural) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.

Stepnoun

(nautical) A framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.

Stepnoun

(machines) One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.

Stepnoun

(machines) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a spindle or a vertical shaft revolves.

Stepnoun

(music) The interval between two contiguous degrees of the scale.

Stepnoun

(kinematics) A change of position effected by a motion of translation.

Stepnoun

(programming) A constant difference between consecutive values in a series.

Stepnoun

(slang) A stepsibling.

Stepverb

(intransitive) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.

Stepverb

(intransitive) To walk; to go on foot; especially, to walk a little distance.

Stepverb

(intransitive) To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

Stepverb

To move mentally; to go in imagination.

Stepverb

(transitive) To set, as the foot.

Stepverb

To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.

Stepverb

To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.

Stepverb

To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.

Stepverb

To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely.

Stepverb

Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination.

Stepverb

To set, as the foot.

Stepverb

To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step; to erect.

Stepnoun

An advance or movement made by one removal of the foot; a pace.

Stepnoun

A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a round of a ladder.

Stepnoun

The space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running; as, one step is generally about three feet, but may be more or less. Used also figuratively of any kind of progress; as, he improved step by step, or by steps.

Stepnoun

A small space or distance; as, it is but a step.

Stepnoun

A print of the foot; a footstep; a footprint; track.

Stepnoun

Gait; manner of walking; as, the approach of a man is often known by his step.

Stepnoun

Proceeding; measure; action; an act.

Stepnoun

Walk; passage.

Stepnoun

A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position.

Stepnoun

In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.

Stepnoun

One of a series of offsets, or parts, resembling the steps of stairs, as one of the series of parts of a cone pulley on which the belt runs.

Stepnoun

The intervak between two contiguous degrees of the csale.

Stepnoun

A change of position effected by a motion of translation.

Stepnoun

At Eton College, England, a shallow step dividing the court into an inner and an outer portion.

Stepnoun

any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal;

Stepnoun

the distance covered by a step;

Stepnoun

the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down;

Stepnoun

support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway;

Stepnoun

relative position in a graded series;

Stepnoun

a short distance;

Stepnoun

the sound of a step of someone walking;

Stepnoun

a musical interval of two semitones

Stepnoun

a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface;

Stepnoun

a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed

Stepnoun

a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance;

Stepverb

shift or move by taking a step;

Stepverb

put down or press the foot, place the foot;

Stepverb

cause (a computer) to execute a single command

Stepverb

treat badly;

Stepverb

furnish with steps;

Stepverb

move with one's feet in a specific manner;

Stepverb

walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner;

Stepverb

place (a ship's mast) in its step

Stepverb

measure (distances) by pacing;

Stepverb

move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation;