English Dictionary

goose

/ˈɡuːs/

noun

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.

The goose honked loudly as it waddled across the park.

意味（1）

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.

There is a flock of geese on the pond.

意味（2）

A female goose (sense 1).

意味（3）

The flesh of the goose used as food.

Mrs. Cratchit made the gravy (ready beforehand in a little saucepan) hissing hot; Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigour; Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple-sauce; Martha dusted the hot plates; Bob took Tiny Tim beside him in a tiny corner at the table; the two young Cratchits set chairs for everybody, not forgetting themselves, and mounting guard upon their posts, crammed spoons into their mouths, lest they should shriek for goose before their turn came to be helped.

意味（4）

(slang, plural geese or gooses) A silly person.

I'm sorry for you, but you're such a goose.

意味（5）

(archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.

Come in, tailor. Here you may roast your goose.

意味（6）

(South Africa, slang, dated) A young woman or girlfriend.

意味（7）

(uncountable, historical) 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.