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   Goose

   /ɡo͞os/

   

   noun

   • 1. a large waterbird with a long neck, short legs, webbed feet, and a short broad bill. Generally geese are larger than ducks and have longer necks and shorter bills.
   • ▪ a female goose.
   • ▪ the flesh of a goose as food.
   • 2. a foolish person: informal "“Silly goose,” he murmured fondly"
   • 3. a tailor's smoothing iron.

   verb

   • 1. poke (someone) between the buttocks.
   • 2. give (something) a boost; invigorate; increase: North American "the director goosed up the star's grosses by making him funny"

   Word Origin Old Englishgōs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gans and German Gans, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin anser and Greek khēn.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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