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geese

(gēs)
n.
Plural of goose.
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geese

(ɡiːs)
n
(Animals) the plural of goose 1
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goose

(gus)

n., pl. geese for 1, 2, 4, 8, 9; goos•es for 5–7; n.
1. any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, esp. of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
2. the female of this bird (disting. from gander).
3. the flesh of a goose, used as food.
4. a silly or foolish person; simpleton.
5. Slang.
a. a poke between the buttocks to startle.
b. something that energizes or rouses; a prod.
6. a tailor's smoothing iron with a curved handle.
v.t.
7. to poke between the buttocks to startle.
8.
a. to prod or urge to action or reaction.
b. to add strength, vigor, numbers, etc., to (often fol. by up).
Idioms:
cook someone's goose, Informal. to ruin someone's chances or future.
Slang.
[before 1000; Middle English gose, goos, Old English gōs (pl. gēs), c. Old Frisian, Middle Low German gōs, Middle Dutch, Old High German gans, Old Norse gās; akin to Skt haṅsa, Greek chḗn, Latin ānser]
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Translations
gosi

goose

(guːs) – plural geese (giːs) – noun
a web-footed animal like a duck, but larger. The farmer's wife keeps geese. gans إوَزَّه، وَزَّه гъска ganso husa die Gans gås χήνα ganso hani غاز hanhi oie אווז हंस guska liba angsa gæs oca がちょう 거위 žąsis zoss angsa gans gås gęś غاز،قاز ganso gâscă гусь hus gos guska gås ห่าน kaz 鵝 гуска; гусак بط ngỗng 鹅
ˈgoose-flesh noun
, ˈgoosepimples , (American) ˈgoosebumpsnoun plural small bumps on the skin caused by cold or fear. قَشْعَريرَه arrepio die Gänsehaut gåsehud ανατριχίλα piel de gallina kananahk kananliha chair de poule merinding gæsahúð pelle d'oca 鳥肌 (추위로 생기는) 소름 þàsies oda zosāda kippenvel gåsehud gęsia skórka په مخ باندي كوچني بخارونه pele de galinha piele de găină мурашки husia koža kurja polt gåshud อาการขนลุก ürpermiş/diken diken olmuş deri 雞皮疙瘩 鸡皮疙瘩
he etc wouldn't say boo to a goose
he etc is very timid. جَبان não mataria uma mosca je to strašpytel äußerst furchtsam ikke gøre en kat fortræd είναι πολύ ντροπαλός es un miedica ta kardab oma varjugi arkajalka c'est une poule mouillée pemalu meinlaus; feiminn, óframfærinn e' buono come il pane おくびょうな 매우 수줍어 하다 jis ir pan. ir musės nenuskriaus viņš nevar pat mušu no deguna nodzīt hij etc brengt nog geen muis aan het schrikken ikke gjøre en katt fortred شرمندوك não mataria uma mosca el este un găgăuţă он и мухи не обидит je to strachopud nikomur ne bi skrivil lasu inte våga tala för sig ขี้ขลาด çok çekingen, utangaç, kimsenin tavuğuna kış diyemez 非常膽小的 胆小的
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"Your beer should be excellent if it is as good as your geese," said he.
"Sold out of geese, I see," continued Holmes, pointing at the bare slabs of marble.
I should like to know who sold you the geese which you supplied to the Alpha."
Some men are born to good luck: all they do or try to do comes right-- all that falls to them is so much gain--all their geese are swans--all their cards are trumps--toss them which way you will, they will always, like poor puss, alight upon their legs, and only move on so much the faster.
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THE GEESE and the Cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when a birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets.
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And then there was the goose-rancher--a fellow who drove a hundred geese before him about the city, and tried to sell them.
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But just before they came to the belt of birch which hid their home, Anne saw a girl who was driving a flock of snow- white geese along the crest of a velvety green hill on the right.
"She wore a white apron and she was driving geese."
I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his cellar against a coming famine; it will be more tolerable for that provident Fejee, I say, in the day of judgment, than for thee, civilized and enlightened gourmand, who nailest geese to the ground and feastest on their bloated livers in thy pate-de-foie-gras.
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Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, great joints of meat, sucking-pigs, long wreaths of sausages, mince-pies, plum-puddings, barrels of oysters, red-hot chestnuts, cherry-cheeked apples, juicy oranges, luscious pears, immense twelfth-cakes, and seething bowls of punch, that made the chamber dim with their delicious steam.
Holly, mistletoe, red berries, ivy, turkeys, geese, game, poultry, brawn, meat, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, puddings, fruit, and punch, all vanished instantly.
"Only one of my geese, happily, makes epigrams--Augustus Pelham, of course," said Mrs.
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