How do you use the word "goose" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "goose" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "goose": Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. She wasn't hurt, but she got goose bumps when her car nearly crashed.

Goose Meaning

/ɡuːs/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAny of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are generally bigger than ducks.

nounA female goose.

Sentence Examples

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

She wasn't hurt, but she got goose bumps when her car nearly crashed.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

cuckoo

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

During our picnic, a noisy ____ stole my sandwich.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The loud honking of a ____ woke me up early this morning as it flew over our house with its flock.

Word Origin & History

PIE word *ǵʰh₂éns From Middle English goos, gos, from Old English gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognates Compare West Frisian goes, North Frisian göis (also Fering-Öömrang dialect North Frisian gus; Sölring dialect North Frisian Guus; Heligoland dialect North Frisian gus), Low German Goos, Gans, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian gås, Icelandic gæs, Irish gé, Latin ānser, Latvian zùoss, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Albanian gatë, Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Avestan 𐬰𐬁 (zā), Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá). * The tailor's iron is so called from the likeness of the handle to the neck of a goose.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The goose, reputed to possess high generative power, was sacred to Priapus." — 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 198:

"A group of geese is called a gaggle." — 2019 June 6, “A gaggle, a confusion and a conspiracy - bizarre animal collective group names”, in BBC:

"Ganders and geese are at their best for stock from two to ten years old. They live to a great age—it is stated to thirty or more years—but after ten years they cannot be reckoned upon as reliable assets on a farm. Two years old is the best age to mate them, making up pens of a gander and two or three geese at the New Year. It is difficult sometimes to distinguish ganders from geese. A practical man is, however, rarely mistaken." — 1902, Lewis Wright, “Geese and Swans”, in The New Book of Poultry […], London; […]: Cassell and Company, Limited, page 560, column 1:

"Mrs. Cratchit made the gravy (ready beforehand in a little saucepan) hissing hot; Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigour; Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple-sauce; Martha dusted the hot plates; Bob took Tiny Tim beside him in a tiny corner at the table; the two young Cratchits set chairs for everybody, not forgetting themselves, and mounting guard upon their posts, crammed spoons into their mouths, lest they should shriek for goose before their turn came to be helped." — 1843, Charles Dickens, “Stave 3: The Second of the Three Spirits”, in A Christmas Carol:

"I'm sorry for you, but you're such a goose." — 1906, Langdon Mitchell, “The New York Idea”, in John Gassner, editor, Best Plays of the Early American Theatre, 1787-1911, published 2000, →ISBN, page 430:

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