gosling

gos·ling | \ ˈgäz-liŋ

How to pronounce gosling (audio)

, ˈgȯz-, -lən \

Definition of gosling

1 : a young goose

2 : a foolish or callow person

Examples of gosling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Sadly, the little gosling was found dead just a few months later. — Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, "See Birds Dive, Splash and Play in These Prize-Winning Photos," 15 July 2020 Walter Kinzie has had some strange visitors at his new office -- deer, antelopes, four rattlesnakes and a mother goose and her goslings. — Kathryn Vasel, CNN, "These folks are working from their cars, and loving it," 18 May 2020 The other day, a procession of cars on a road near Stone Barns Center, the nonprofit educational farm in Pocantico Hills, New York, halted in its tracks to make way for goslings: a gaggle of them, waddling across the pavement. — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, "Blue Hill in a Box," 15 May 2020 As the spring progresses, there will be goslings, which is always a great treat. — James Gorman, New York Times, "Geese May Not Inspire You, but They Certainly Take Your Mind off the Virus," 22 Mar. 2020 Intimacy can emerge in a photograph of a father and his children talking while roasting marshmallows or a fluffy gosling cuddled into the safety of its mother’s feathers. — National Geographic, "Your best photos of the week, May 10, 2019," 10 May 2019 That is, the scientists had to let a flock of goslings imprint on them so that when the birds matured, the humans could lead them into a wind tunnel and fit them with monitoring equipment. — Scientific American, "Test Pilot Geese, Planetary Wrecking Balls and Super AI Vision: The Week’s Best Science GIFs," 6 Sep. 2019 Geese are hatching goslings on little Hat Lake, the meadows are neon green, wildflowers are popping and the views are sensational looking up at Lassen Peak. — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "A ‘Midsummer Night’s Spring’ brings Lassen Park to life," 14 Aug. 2019 Update: All six goslings hatched in the morning of Sunday, April 28th. — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, "Watch live: A Canada goose is nesting at National Geographic headquarters," 23 Apr. 2019

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“Gosling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gosling. Accessed 21 Jan. 2021.

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