goose
US: /ˈɡus/
UK: /ɡˈuːs/
UK: /ɡˈuːs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
goose /gu:s/
- danh từ, số nhiều geese
- (động vật học) ngỗng, ngỗng cái
- thịt ngỗng
- người ngốc nghếch, người khờ dại
- all his geese are swans
- (xem) swan
- can't say bo to a goose
- (xem) bo
- to cook that lays the golden eggs
- tham lợi trước mắt
- danh từ, số nhiều gooses
- bàn là cổ ngỗng (của thợ may)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
(plural geese )
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 -
Idioms see COOK v., KILL v., SAUCE, SAY v.
+ verb [VN] (informal)
1 to touch or squeeze sb's bottom: Jack goosed her as she reached for a file.
2 ~ sth (along / up) (AmE) to make sth move or work faster: The government has done everything possible to goose the economy along.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
wild | roast
QUANT.
flock, gaggle
(only used for geese on the ground),
skein (only used for geese that are flying)
GOOSE + VERB
waddle | hiss, honk | feed, graze | migrate
Concise English dictionary
geese|gooses|goosed|goosingguːs
noun
+web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
+a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
+flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)
verb
+pinch in the buttocks
+prod into action
+give a spurt of fuel to
