- goose⇄adj. gooselike.
- goose⇄expr. cook one's goose, (Informal.) to ruin one's reputation, plan, chances, etc..
Ex. The team's goose was cooked when it failed to win a single game the whole season. - goose⇄expr. the goose hangs high, all is well; prospects are good.
Ex. The real reactions of the past have often developed when the goose hung the highest (Wall Street Journal). - goose⇄goose, noun, pl.geese(for defs. 1-4,)gooses(for def. 5,) verb, goosed,goosing.
- goose⇄noun 1. any one of numerous wild or tame birds like a duck, but larger and with a longer neck. A goose has webbed feet and has toothlike ridges just inside its bill. Geese and ducks belong to the same family.
2. a female goose. A male is called a - goose⇄v.t. (Slang.) to prod or poke in the buttocks so as to startle or surprise.
Ex. (Figurative.) Canned laughter is used by television to goose a laugh from the comatose home viewer (Russell Baker).