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English noun: goose | |||
| 1. | goose (animal) web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anseriform bird | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Anser anser, Anser cygnoides, barnacle, barnacle goose, blue goose, brant, brant goose, Branta canadensis, Branta leucopsis, brent, brent goose, Canada goose, Canadian goose, Chen caerulescens, Chinese goose, gander, gosling, graylag, graylag goose, greylag, greylag goose, honker | ||
| Part holonym | goose, goose down | ||
| Member meronym | Anatidae, family Anatidae, gaggle | ||
| 2. | goose (person) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | ||
| Synonyms | bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, zany | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fool, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool | ||
| 3. | goose (food) flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | poultry | ||
| Part meronym | goose | ||
English verb: goose | |||
| 1. | goose (contact) pinch in the buttocks | ||
| Samples | He goosed the unsuspecting girl. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch | ||
| 2. | goose (contact) prod into action | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | egg on, incite, prod | ||
| 3. | goose (contact) give a spurt of fuel to | ||
| Samples | Goose the car. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pump | ||
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