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goose

1. n. a silly oaf; an oaf. Oh, I’m such a silly goose!

2. tv. to (attempt to) poke something, such as a finger, in someone’s anus. Freddy tried to goose me!

3. n. an attempt to goose someone. (As in sense 2) He tried to give me a goose.

4. tv. to rev up an engine; to press down hard on the accelerator of a car. Why don’t you goose the thing and see how fast it’ll go?

5. n. an act of suddenly pressing down the accelerator of a car. Give it a good goose and see what happens.

See:

• (you) silly goose
• a goner
• a wild goose never laid a tame egg
• a wild-goose chase
• can't say boo to a goose
• cook goose
• cook someone's goose
• get goose bumps
• get goose flesh
• get goose pimples
• golden goose
• gone coon, a
• gone goose
• goose
• goose bumps
• goose egg
• goose pimples
• goose up
• goosed
• Kill the goose that lays the golden egg
• kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
• not say boo to a goose
• one's goose is cooked
• sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, what's
• send on a wild-goose chase
• shoe the goose
• silly as a goose
• silver goose
• the goose hangs high
• what's good for the goose is good for the gander
• What's sauce for the goose
• What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
• wild goose chase
• wild-goose chase
• wouldn't say boo to a goose