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goose
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
(plural geese )
1 [C] a bird like a large duck with a long neck. Geese either live wild or are kept on farms.
2 [U] meat from a goose:
roast goose
3 [C] a female goose
compareGANDER
4 [C] (old-fashioned, informal) a silly person
seealsoWILDGOOSECHASE
IDIOMS see COOKv., KILLv., SAUCE, SAYv.
verb [VN] (informal)
1 to touch or squeeze sb's bottom:
Jack goosed her as she reached for a file.
2 ~ sth (along / up) (AmE) to make sth move or work faster:
The government has done everything possible to goose the economy along.
