| Goose 1. (n.) Any large web-footed bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres. 2. (n.) Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose. 3. (n.) A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose. 4. (n.) A silly creature; a simpleton. 5. (n.) A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted. Thesaurus Entries Bantam, Cornish hen, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, broiler, brooder, broody hen, caille, canard, caneton, capon, chanticleer, chapon, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicky, cock, cockerel, dindon, domestic fowl, drake, duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, faisan, fowl, fryer, game fowl, gander, gobbler, gosling, grouse, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, hen, hen turkey, oie, partlet, partridge, pheasant, pigeon, pigeonneau, poulard, poulet, poult, poultry, pullet, quail, roaster, rooster, setting hen, silly, silly Billy, silly ass, spring chicken, squab, stewing chicken, tom, tom turkey, turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, volaille, wild duck |