What does GOOSE mean?
Definitions for GOOSE
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Princeton's WordNet
goosenoun
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo, twat, zanynoun
a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
gooseverb
flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)
gooseverb
pinch in the buttocks
"he goosed the unsuspecting girl"
gooseverb
prod into action
gooseverb
give a spurt of fuel to
"goose the car"
Wiktionary
goosenoun
Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, bigger than a duck
There is a flock of geese on the pond.
goosenoun
The flesh of the goose used as food.
goosenoun
A stupid person
goosenoun
A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
gooseverb
To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.
gooseverb
To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
gooseverb
Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.
Etymology: gos, from gans, from ǵʰans (compare West Frisian goes, North Frisian göis (also Fering-Öömrang dialect gus; Sölring dialect guus; Heligoland dialect gus), Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish gås, Swedish gås, Norwegian gås, Icelandic gæs, Irish gé, Latin anser, Latvian zoss, Russian гусь, Albanian gatë, Ancient Greek χήν, Avestan 0B300B01, Sanskrit हंस).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
GOOSEnoun
plural geese.
Etymology: gos , Saxon; goes, Dutch; gawe, Erse, sing. gewey, plural.
Thou cream-faced lown,
Where got’st thou that goose look? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.Since I pluckt geese, play’d truant, and whipt top, I knew not what ’twas to be beaten ’till lately. William Shakespeare.
Smile you my speeches, as I were a fool?
Goose, if I had you upon Sarum plain,
I’d drive ye cackling home to Comelot. William Shakespeare, King Lear.Birds most easy to be drawn are waterfowl; as the goose and swan. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.
Nor watchful dogs, nor the more wakeful geese,
Disturb with nightly noise the sacred peace. John Dryden, Fables.Come in, taylor: here you may roast your goose. William Shakespeare.
Wikipedia
goose
Generic Substation Events (GSE) is a control model defined as per IEC 61850 which provides a fast and reliable mechanism of transferring event data over entire electrical substation networks. When implemented, this model ensures the same event message is received by multiple physical devices using multicast or broadcast services. The GSE control model is further subdivided into GOOSE (Generic Object Oriented Substation Events) and GSSE (Generic Substation State Events).
ChatGPT
goose
A goose is a large water bird with a long neck, short legs, webbed feet, and a short broad bill. They are known for their distinct honking noise and they are typically white, grey or black in color. Geese are herbivores, usually grazing for food in open grassy areas near water, and are often migratory, flying in a "V" formation to breeding or wintering grounds. They are also well-known for being protective of their young. The term "goose" is generally used to refer to the females while males are often referred to as "ganders".
Webster Dictionary
Goosenoun
any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, 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
Etymology: [OE. gos, AS. gs, pl. gs; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. gs, Dan. gaas, Sw. gs, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. hasa. 233. Cf. Gander, Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.]
Wikidata
Goose
Geese are waterfowl belonging to the tribe Anserini of the family Anatidae. This tribe comprises the genera Anser, Branta and Chen. A number of other birds, mostly related to the shelducks, have "goose" as part of their name. More distantly related members of the Anatidae family are swans, most of which are larger than true geese, and ducks, which are smaller.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Goose
gōōs, n. (pl. Geese) a web-footed animal like a duck, but larger and stronger: a tailor's smoothing-iron, from the likeness of the handle to the neck of a goose: a stupid, silly person: a game of chance once common in England, in which the players moved counters forward from one compartment on a board to another, the right to a double move being secured when the card bearing the picture of a goose was reached.—v.t. (slang) to hiss off the stage.—ns. Goose′-cap, a silly person; Goose′-corn, a coarse rush; Goose′-egg, a zero, denoting a miss or failure to score at an athletic or other contest; Goose′-fish, a common name in America for the angler-fish (see Angler); Goose′-flesh, a puckered condition of the skin, like that of a plucked goose, through cold, fear, &c.; Goose′-foot, pigweed; Goose′-grass, a species of Bedstraw (q.v.), a common weed in hedges and bushy places in Britain, Europe, and America; Goose′-neck, an iron swivel forming the fastening between a boom and a mast: a bent pipe or tube with a swivel-joint; Goose′-quill, one of the quills or large wing-feathers of a goose, used as pens; Goos′ery, a place for keeping geese: stupidity; Goose′-skin, a kind of thin soft leather; Goose′-step (mil.), the marking of time by raising the feet alternately without making progress; Goose′-wing, one of the clews or lower corners of a ship's mainsail or foresail when the middle part is furled or tied up to the yard.—adj. Goose′-winged, having only one clew set: in fore-and-aft rigged vessels, having the mainsail on one side and the foresail on the other, so as to sail wing-and-wing.—n. Goos′ey, a goose: a blockhead. [A.S. gós; Ice. gás, Ger. gans, L. anser, Gr. chēn, Sans. hamsa.]
Editors Contribution
goose
A type of aquatic bird.
Goose are found in many countries around the world, they are a beautiful bird.
Submitted by MaryC on March 1, 2017
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Etymology and Origins
Goose
The tailor’s smoothing iron, from the resemblance of its handle to the neck of a goose.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
GOOSE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Goose is ranked #120187 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Goose surname appeared 144 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Goose.
63.8% or 92 total occurrences were White.
24.3% or 35 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
5.5% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
4.8% or 7 total occurrences were Black.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of GOOSE in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of GOOSE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of GOOSE in a Sentence
We need a direction, evidence, something that’s not a wild goose chase, because it’s not good terrain out there, and it’s not for people who just leisurely just want to come out and search, [It’s] over 100 degrees, winds get blowing, and people don’t want you there.
At some point in time, the fact you have a heavy load of barrels come online that wasn't there a few weeks ago, that's going to kill the golden goose.
Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.
This is a tough one. I love Goose like a brother. From the first day we met, I knew that life was different. I knew he was someone who would change my life forever. He was a one-of-a-kind person who made you feel important and special. You can never replace a man like that, on the field, he was the ultimate competitor who brought out the best in all of us.
The left with their defund the police, the mask mandate in schools and all that kind of stuff opened the door, people got tired of it. They got sick of it, and they are fighting back. They are not sitting back and just saying no. They are organizing and ... they are pushing back aggressively. They feel it's been in their face, so [if it's] 'good for the goose, good for the gander.'.
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Translations for GOOSE
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- аҟызAbkhaz
- gansAfrikaans
- ዝይAmharic
- إوزة, وزةArabic
- qazAzerbaijani
- ҡаҙBashkir
- гусь, гуса́кBelarusian
- гъ́ска, гъсо́кBulgarian
- হাঁসBengali
- ངང་པTibetan Standard
- gwazBreton
- ocaCatalan, Valencian
- гӏазChechen
- husaCzech
- хурChuvash
- gŵyddWelsh
- gåsDanish
- GansGerman
- χήναGreek
- anseroEsperanto
- ganso, oca, ánsarSpanish
- haniEstonian
- antzaraBasque
- غازPersian
- hanhiFinnish
- gásFaroese
- oieFrench
- goesWestern Frisian
- géIrish
- gèadhScottish Gaelic
- אווזHebrew
- हंसHindi
- liba, lúdHungarian
- սագArmenian
- oca, ansereInterlingua
- angsaIndonesian
- gansoIdo
- gæs, aligæsIcelandic
- ocaItalian
- 鵝鳥, ガチョウ, 雁Japanese
- ბატიGeorgian
- қазKazakh
- nerleqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ក្ងានKhmer
- 거위, 기러기Korean
- qazKurdish
- goedhCornish
- казKyrgyz
- avica, anserLatin
- ຫ່ານLao
- žąsisLithuanian
- zossLatvian
- гускаMacedonian
- галууMongolian
- angsa, rangsa, soangMalay
- wiżżaMaltese
- ငန်းBurmese
- gåsNorwegian
- gansDutch
- gåsNorwegian Nynorsk
- chį́į́shłigaiíNavajo, Navaho
- aucaOccitan
- хъазOssetian, Ossetic
- gęśPolish
- بتهPashto, Pushto
- gansoPortuguese
- auca, ochaRomansh
- gânsac, gâscăRomanian
- гусь, гусы́ня, гуса́кRussian
- हंसSanskrit
- oca, cocaSardinian
- gusan, гуска, guska, гусанSerbo-Croatian
- husSlovak
- gosak, gosSlovene
- patëAlbanian
- soangSundanese
- gåsSwedish
- bata bukiniSwahili
- வாத்துTamil
- బాతుTelugu
- ғоз, қозTajik
- ห่านThai
- gazTurkmen
- gansaTagalog
- kazTurkish
- казTatar
- غازUyghur, Uighur
- гу́ска, гуса́кUkrainian
- ہنسUrdu
- gʻozUzbek
- ngỗng, 鵝Vietnamese
- ganVolapük
- גאַנדזYiddish
- i(li)hansiZulu
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