The European white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).

(informal) A silly person; a simpleton.

(military, typically derogatory) A style of march in which the legs advance in turn without bending the knee, whether as a low quick march or a rigorous high slow march for ceremonial occasions; the various drills associated with these marches.

(military, typically derogatory) To march with a goose-step.

(figuratively) A futile search, a fruitless errand; a useless and often lengthy task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.

A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.

Alternative spelling of wild-goose chase

(idiomatic) All hope is gone; there is no possibility of success; the period of good fortune is over.

(often attributive) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.

any of many species of wildlife goose, such as the greylag goose or the Canada goose, whose wedge fly in a wedge or V form, or cuneiform, as opposed to the domesticated goose that would not fly.