different between goose vs goosie

English

Etymology

From Middle English goos, gos, from Old English g?s, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *??h?éns.

• The tailor's iron is so called from the likeness of the handle to the neck of a goose.
• The verb sense of pinching the buttocks is derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.

Pronunciation

• enPR: g??s, IPA^(key): /??u?s/, [???s], [??s]
• Rhymes: -u?s

Noun

goose (countable and uncountable, plural geese)

1. Any 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 bigger than ducks.

   There is a flock of geese on the pond.

2. A female goose (sense 1).
3. The flesh of the goose used as food.
4. (slang) A silly person.
5. (archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
6. (South Africa, slang, dated) A young woman or girlfriend.
7. (uncountable, historical) An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.

Usage notes

• A male goose is called a gander. A young goose is a gosling.
• A group of geese can be called a gaggle when they are on the ground or in the water, and a skein or a wedge when they are in flight.

Synonyms

• (tailor's iron): goose iron

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• dove or pigeon, squab
• duck, duckling
• eider
• gander
• gosling
• swan, swanling
• waterfowl
• anserine

Verb

goose (third-person singular simple present gooses, present participle goosing, simple past and past participle goosed)

1. (transitive, slang) To sharply poke or pinch the buttocks of (a person).
   • 1933, Nathanael West, 'Miss Lonelyhearts'

     She greeted Miss Lonelyhearts, then took hold of her husband and shook the breath out of him. When he was quiet, she dragged him into their apartment. Miss Lonelyhearts followed and as he passed her in the dark foyer, she goosed him and laughed.

2. (transitive) To stimulate; to spur.
3. (transitive, slang) To gently accelerate (an automobile or machine), or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
4. (British slang) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.
5. (transitive, slang) To hiss (a performer) off the stage.

English

Etymology

goose +? -ie

Noun

goosie (plural goosies)

1. (childish or endearing) goose