Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
Ääntäminen
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- Tuntematon aksentti:
- IPA: /ɡuːs/
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Määritelmät
Substantiivit
- Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, bigger than a duck
- The flesh of the goose used as food.
- (slang) 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.
Verbit
- (slang) To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.
- To stimulate, to spur.
- (slang) To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
- (UK slang) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.
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.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | goosed | Imperfekti | goosed |
| Partisiipin preesens | goosing | Monikko | geese |
| Monikko | gooses (epävirallinen) | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | gooses |