as in fool
a person who lacks good sense or judgment
don't be such a silly goose—you're dressed just fine for the party
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Recent Examples of goose
The winter 2025 collection highlights regional fibers like Alaša camel yarn, Tibetan yak cashmere, Hanshan white goat cashmere and Songhua River goose down.
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Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
The cover is made from cotton, and it’s filled with a blend of white goose feathers and white goose down fibers.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Of course, designer decanters, like one by DIOR shaped like a goose, sells for $550.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Marie realizes Danny was the roadblock, so why give up the goose?
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
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Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
The cover is made from cotton, and it’s filled with a blend of white goose feathers and white goose down fibers.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Of course, designer decanters, like one by DIOR shaped like a goose, sells for $550.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Marie realizes Danny was the roadblock, so why give up the goose?
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for goose
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goose
Noun
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The mind wants desperately to connect with a person—and fools itself into seeing one in a machine.—
Damon Beres,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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Since medieval times, the colorful fool—from court jesters to Shakespeare’s characters—has used playful wit to critique authority and buffoonery to whip up excitement.—
Time,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Parents know these woke lunatics are bullies.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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But as Plemons so deftly plays him, Teddy doesn’t seem like a lunatic.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sliced fontina cheese and turkey measured outside of the safe temperature range.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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No one likes a lumpy, flat pillow after eating all that turkey.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Haunted Trail takes visitors outdoors through a path with dense fog and several haunting installations with zombies, a ghoul bus, a graveyard filled with ghosts, chainsaw maniacs and more.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Change Halloween to the Fourth of July and a relentless maniac to a hungry shark, and Steven Spielberg's iconic blockbuster might as well be a seabound slasher.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Choosing to send only one hero per call will also substantially reduce the likelihood of succeeding — if the morons even stand for it.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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Only a moron would cut the funding of an industry that actually brings revenue into the government’s pocket.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
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Sheriff’s deputies quickly caught suspects in several walnut thefts earlier this month, prompting them to ticket and release the suspects, who returned the nuts to the grower, Pedley said.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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To see the three of us sometimes at a game together, three generations of baseball nuts, is very great.—
Alison Weinflash,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Goose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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