goose

English Thesaurus

1. web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	anseriform bird,
definition	:	chiefly web-footed swimming birds (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	gosling,
definition	:	young goose (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	gander,
definition	:	mature male goose (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	anser cygnoides, chinese goose,
definition	:	very large wild goose of northeast Asia; interbreeds freely with the greylag (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	anser anser, graylag, graylag goose, greylag, greylag goose,
definition	:	common grey wild goose of Europe; ancestor of many domestic breeds (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	blue goose, chen caerulescens,
definition	:	North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose,
definition	:	small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	branta canadensis, canada goose, canadian goose, honker,
definition	:	common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	barnacle, barnacle goose, branta leucopsis,
definition	:	European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	goose down,
definition	:	down of the goose (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	goose,
definition	:	flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) (noun.food)

member meronym	:	anatidae, family anatidae,
definition	:	swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	gaggle,
definition	:	a flock of geese (noun.group)

2. flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) (noun.food)

hypernym	:	poultry,
definition	:	flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food (noun.food)

part meronym	:	goose,
definition	:	web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks (noun.animal)

3. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool (noun.person)

hypernym	:	fool, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool,
definition	:	a person who lacks good judgment (noun.person)

4. give a spurt of fuel to (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	pump,
definition	:	operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal (verb.contact)

5. prod into action (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	egg on, incite, prod,
definition	:	urge on; cause to act (verb.contact)

6. pinch in the buttocks (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	nip, pinch, squeeze, tweet, twinge, twitch,
definition	:	squeeze tightly between the fingers (verb.contact)

7. web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks (noun.animal)

derivation	:	gosling,
definition	:	young goose (noun.animal)

8. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool (noun.person)

derivation	:	blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin,
definition	:	commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake (verb.social)

derivation	:	anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky,
definition	:	having or revealing stupidity (adj.all)

derivation	:	buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany,
definition	:	like a clown (adj.all)

derivation	:	cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany,
definition	:	ludicrous, foolish (adj.all)

9. web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks (noun.animal)

derivation	:	gosling,
definition	:	young goose (noun.animal)

10. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool (noun.person)

derivation	:	blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin,
definition	:	commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake (verb.social)

derivation	:	anserine, dopey, dopy, foolish, gooselike, goosey, goosy, jerky,
definition	:	having or revealing stupidity (adj.all)

derivation	:	buffoonish, clownish, clownlike, zany,
definition	:	like a clown (adj.all)

derivation	:	cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany,
definition	:	ludicrous, foolish (adj.all)