Canada goose |
a large wild goose of North America, having brownish gray feathers, a black head and neck, and a white patch under the chin and up both sides of the face. |
cook one's goose |
(informal) to cause one to lose further opportunity; ruin one's chances; doom one to failure or defeat. |
goose bump |
roughness of the skin that looks like the skin of a plucked goose. Goose bumps last only for a short while and are caused by cold or fear. |
goose flesh |
roughness of the skin that looks like the skin of a plucked goose. Goose flesh lasts only for a short while and is caused by cold or fear. |
goose grease |
the melted fat of a goose. |
goose pimple |
a small bump on the skin caused by cold or fear. |
goose step |
a marching step in which the legs are swung high and the knees kept stiff and straight. |
Mother Goose |
the imaginary author of a collection of eighteenth-century English nursery rhymes. |
snow goose |
a wild white or bluish-gray goose with black wing tips that breeds in northern regions. |
wild-goose chase |
the futile pursuit of something unattainable or nonexistent. |