GOOSE
ADJECTIVES
► GANDEROUS pert. to a gander → 1630
INTERJECTIONS
► GAG! a call to geese → 1896 Eng. dial.
► GANDY GANDY! a call to geese → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAIL! ► HALE! a cry used to drive away geese → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LAG! ► LAGGIE! a call to a goose to be fed → 1824 Sc.
► OB-EE! a call for geese → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► A-LAG a sporting term for a flight of geese → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAGMAG a tough old goose, not fit for eating; an inferior breed of sheep → 1771 Eng. dial.
► CANADA HONKER a Canada goose → 1929 Amer. dial.
► CANADA HONKY a Canada goose → 1929 Amer. dial.
► CANADA TRUMPETER a Canada goose → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CANADIAN HONKER a Canada goose → 1929 Amer. dial.
► CANADIAN SNOW GOOSE a Canada goose → 1968 Amer. dial.
► CANK ► KANK the cry of a goose → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► COHONK a wild goose → 1724 US
► CRAVAT GOOSE the Canada goose, Branta canadensis, which has a band of white extending under the chin from ear to ear → 1793
► GABBLE RACKET the honking sound made by wild geese flying at night → 1950 Amer. dial.
► GAD the wild goose → 1930 Amer. dial.
► GAGGLER a goose → 1624
► GAINER a gander → 1798 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GALE OF GEESE, A a flock of geese → 1825 Sc. obs.
► GANNER a gander → 1734 Sc.
► GOBBLE RATCHET the honking sound made by wild geese flying at night → 1950 Amer. dial.
► GOOSE HAIR goose feathers or down; a bed or pillow filled with these → 1887 Amer. dial.
► GOSPELL a goose → 1821 Eng. dial. obs.
► GREEN GOOSE a young goose, a gosling → 1564
► GULLETS young unfledged geese → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HONKER a goose → 1835 Amer.
► JEW-BUTTER goose grease → 1896 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KAYK the cry of a goose → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► KENNEDY a Canada goose → 1929 Amer. dial.
► LAG ► LAGGIE a goose → 1824 Sc.
► LAG OF GULLS a young goose and gander → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAIDEN a gosling → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OLD STEG a gander → 1800 Eng. dial.
► QUEKE an imitation of the note of a goose → c1381 obs.
► ROGER a goose → M16 sl. obs.
► SWOOSE a bird that is the offspring of a swan and a goose → 1920
► TIB ► TIB OF THE BUTTERY a goose → 1622 sl. obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► GISSARD a keeper of geese → 1584 obs.
► GOOSIER an owner of geese; a person who breeds or looks after geese → 1820 Eng. dial.
► GOZZARD a gooseherd, one who tends to a flock of geese → a1400
VERBS
► CAKE to cackle as a goose, or as a hen wanting to sit → 1788 Eng. dial.
► CANK to cackle, as geese → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GABBLE of geese, etc.: to utter with rapidity inarticulate sounds → 1697
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