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 tournament will be able to sell tickets, satisfy its television partners, and goose interest as never before.
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
The recipes in these medicinal tomes are pretty complex—one calls for goose and hart brains mixed with silver, myrrh, ginger powder, honey, and several other precious ingredients on top of a base of wax and olive oil.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
This giant white goose plush is designed for comfort and fun.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Scientists trace the heritage of the H5N1 virus that decimated Northern Gannets back to a goose in southern China in 1996.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 15 July 2025
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
The recipes in these medicinal tomes are pretty complex—one calls for goose and hart brains mixed with silver, myrrh, ginger powder, honey, and several other precious ingredients on top of a base of wax and olive oil.
—Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
This giant white goose plush is designed for comfort and fun.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Scientists trace the heritage of the H5N1 virus that decimated Northern Gannets back to a goose in southern China in 1996.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goose
Noun
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That monster is Gregers Werle (Alexander Hurt), who returns to his home town only to find that his childhood friend Hjalmar Ekdal (a superbly comic Nick Westrate) has been living in a fool’s paradise.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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An affable dad who avoids divisive topics like politics and religion in favor of gentler, autobiographical material that tends to cast him as a well-meaning fool, the Tennessee native is also the rare comic capable of appealing to, or at least not actively alienating, a broad swathe of viewers.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Whether those people are sickened by grief and rage into a kind of temporary insanity, genuine lunatics, hustlers looking to milk a little more engagement or some combination of the three doesn’t really matter.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
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Normies, apparently, refers to everyone who is not a bat-scat left-wing lunatic.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Style them on your Thanksgiving table between plates of turkey and homemade pumpkin pie, or use them to decorate your mantle, kitchen counters, coffee table, and more.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
19 Sep. 2025
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Younger students get chicken parmesan bites with whole grain penne pasta and marinara sauce; older students get Chinese chicken salad, turkey club wraps, shake ramen with veggies and herb roasted chicken with mashed potatoes and glazed baby carrots, said OCDE’s Hanigan.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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The 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.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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Sure enough, the quiet is shattered when a new villain rolls into town in the form of Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa), a chaotic, fashion-forward maniac with a personal vendetta and a flair for over-the-top drama.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For example, squirrels will bury and dig up nuts in the lawn and mulched beds, while chipmunks tend to make holes near stumps, buildings and brush piles.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
21 Sep. 2025
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But something is definitely afoul; the corpses of pilgrims wound in silk clutter the hollows and even the ones that still live are either sad or flat-out nuts.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So at the end of the month, and this happens a lot at the end of the month, people start acting more 'cuckoo' because their medication isn't covered, or it's only covered for the first three or three and a half weeks of the month.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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The ritual floats on, coming around each summer like the willow warbler or the common cuckoo.—
Jordan Michelman,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Goose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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