meaning of goose
1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.
2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.
3. A tailors smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.
4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
5. A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
6. web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
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