/ guːs; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun ( pl. geese / giːs; NAmE /)
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
—compare gander
4.
[ C ] ( old-fashioned , informal ) a silly person
—see also wild goose chase
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IDIOMS
see cook verb , kill verb , sauce , say verb
■ verb [ vn ] ( informal )
1.
to touch or squeeze sb's bottom
2.
goose sth (along / up) ( NAmE ) to make sth move or work faster
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English gōs , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gans and German Gans , from an Indo-European root shared by Latin anser and Greek khēn .