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
The lining and shell use secondhand materials, and testers felt cozy wrapped in the 800-fill goose-down insulation.
—Emily Reed, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2019
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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
The lining and shell use secondhand materials, and testers felt cozy wrapped in the 800-fill goose-down insulation.
—Emily Reed, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goose
Noun
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Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Only a talent, or a complete fool, would cover an Adele song for their Blind Audition.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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So that episode will make fun [of] billionaire life-extension body-hacking lunatics.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Our top finds include a roasting pan for your future Thanksgiving turkey, a grill pan to make steak, chicken, and a crispy panini without firing up the grill, and a versatile utensil set.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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The designs feature a star with water and green hills; a whale in water with a white bird underneath; and three turkey feathers encircling a chickadee.—
Chris Van Buskirk,
Boston Herald,
25 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.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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Newsweek contributors David Faris and Mark Davis debate: David Faris: Once again, elementary school children have been gunned down by a maniac wielding an assault weapon.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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All menus, including those for kids, are clearly labeled with designations such as vegan, gluten-free, lactose-free, contains nuts, sustainably sourced, and locally sourced.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
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Suitable for people with soy or nut allergies.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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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
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But this cuckoo take is not how childhood vaccinations go in routine well-baby doctor's visits.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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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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“Goose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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