Definition of gander
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: an adult male goose
2
: simpleton
gander
noun (2)
plural ganders
Definition of gander (Entry 2 of 2)
informal
: look, glance
take a gander Those intrigued by such oddities … will surely find Stuart Kelly's "Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read" worth a gander.— Joe Queenan … trying to step back for a good gander at the art in the Guggenheim.— Charles Taylor … had no choice but to push to the front of the horde and through some glass doors to get a gander at what was going on.— Rick Barrs
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The first known use of gander was before the 12th century
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