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Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|
| bulgaria | гъ́ска, гъсо́к, гъска (gǎ̀ska) |
| espanja | ganso, oca, ánsar |
| esperanto | ansero |
| hollanti | gans |
| italia | oca, anserino |
| japani | ガチョウ (gachiョu / gachō), 鵝鳥 (gachō), 雁 (kari / gan) |
| kreikka | χήνα (chína), κουτορνίθι (koutorníthi) |
| latina | anser, avica, ānser |
| latvia | zoss |
| liettua | žąsis |
| portugali | ganso |
| puola | gęś |
| ranska | oie |
| ruotsi | gås, ägg |
| saksa | Gans |
| suomi | hanhi |
| tanska | gås |
| turkki | kaz |
| tšekki | husa |
| unkari | lúd, liba |
| venäjä | гусь (gus), гусы́ня (gusýnja), гуса́к (gusák) |
| viro | hani |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are generally bigger than ducks.
- (strictly) A female goose.
- The flesh of the goose used as food.
- (slang, plural geese or gooses) A silly person.
- (archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.
- (South Africa, slang, dated) A young woman or girlfriend.
- (uncountable, historical) An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.
Verbi
- (transitive, slang) To sharply poke or pinch the buttocks, or prod between the buttocks, of (a person).
- (transitive, slang) To stimulate; to spur.
- (transitive, slang) To gently accelerate (an automobile or machine), or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
- (slang, UK) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not booked a cab, in violation of UK licensing conditions.
- (transitive, slang) To hiss (a performer) off the stage.
Esimerkit
- There is a flock of geese on the pond.
- Mrs. Cratchit made the gravy (ready beforehand in a little saucepan) hissing hot; Master Peter mashed the potatoes with incredible vigour; Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple-sauce; Martha dusted the hot plates; Bob took Tiny Tim beside him in a tiny corner at the table; the two young Cratchits set chairs for everybody, not forgetting themselves, and mounting guard upon their posts, crammed spoons into their mouths, lest they should shriek for goose before their turn came to be helped.
- I'm sorry for you, but you're such a goose.
- Come in, tailor. Here you may roast your goose.
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