goose
1. web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms:
gosling
• Hypernyms:
anseriform bird
• Hyponyms:
gosling, gander, Chinese goose, Anser cygnoides, greylag,
graylag, greylag goose, graylag goose, Anser anser, blue goose, Chen caerulescens,
brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose, honker, Canada goose,
Canadian goose, Branta canadensis, barnacle goose, barnacle, Branta leucopsis
• Member Holonyms:
Anatidae, family Anatidae, gaggle
• Part Meronyms:
goose down
2. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
• Syn:
fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass,
cuckoo, twat, zany
• Derivationally related forms:
zany (for: zany), goosy, goosey, goofy (for: goof), goof (for: goof)
• Hypernyms:
fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
3. flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)
• Hypernyms:
poultry
1. pinch in the buttocks
- he goosed the unsuspecting girl
• Hypernyms:
pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. prod into action
• Hypernyms:
prod, incite, egg on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. give a spurt of fuel to
- goose the car
• Hypernyms:
pump
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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