take a gander at



take a gander at

Look at, glance at, as in Will you take a gander at that woman's red hair! This slangy idiom, dating from the early 1900s, presumably came from the verb gander, meaning "stretch one's neck to see," possibly alluding to the long neck of the male goose. For a synonym, see take a look at.
See also: gander, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Signy-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
CosimoKAW-zee-maw, KO-zi-moItalian
CortneyKORT-neeEnglish
KalebKAY-ləbEnglish (Modern)
WŁAdysŁAwvwah-DI-swahfPolish
DieudonnÉdyuu-do-NEFrench