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Word: goose (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • archaic A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
  • Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, bigger than a duck
  • slang A stupid person

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Verb:

  • slang To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
  • slang To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.
  • UK slang Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.

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