Goose

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are generally bigger than ducks.

   “There is a flock of geese on the pond.”

2. isim A female goose.
3. isim The flesh of the goose used as food.
4. isim A silly person.

   “I'm sorry for you, but you're such a goose.”

5. isim A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.

   “Come in, tailor. Here you may roast your goose.”

6. isim A young woman or girlfriend.
7. isim An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.
8. fiil To sharply poke or pinch the buttocks, or prod between the buttocks (of a person).

   “She greeted Miss Lonelyhearts, then took hold of her husband and shook the breath out of him. When he was quiet, she dragged him into their apartment. Miss Lonelyhearts followed and as he passed her in the dark foyer, she goosed him and laughed.”

9. fiil To stimulate; to spur.

   “Almost everyone in McKay’s impossibly starry cast feels like they’re jumping into the SNL host role, game for some light comedic lifting while waiting for the pros to show up and goose the laughs.”

10. fiil To gently accelerate (a vehicle); to give repeated, small taps on the accelerator of (a vehicle); to feather the throttle of (a vehicle).
11. fiil Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not booked a cab, in violation of UK licensing conditions.
12. fiil To hiss (a performer) off the stage.
13. özel isim A surname.