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Definition of goose noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

goose

noun
goose pronunciation English ɡuːs goose pronunciation American ɡuːs
 
plural geese
geese pronunciation English ɡiːs geese pronunciation American ɡiːs
1 [countable] a bird like a large duck with a long neck. Geese either live wild or are kept on farms.2 [uncountable] meat from a gooseroast goose3 [countable] a female goose compare gander4 [countable] (old-fashioned, informal) a silly person see also wild goose chase
Idioms
see cook somebody's goose at cook verb, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs at kill verb, what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander at sauce, not say boo to a goose at say verb