[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

goose \goose\ g=oos, n.; pl. geese g=es. oe. gos, as.
   g=os, pl. g=es; akin to d.  g. gans, icel. g=as, dan.
   gaas, sw. gas, russ. guse. oir. geiss, l. anser, for
   hanser, gr. chh`n, skr. ha.msa. root233. cf. gander,
   gannet, ganza, gosling. zool.
   1913 webster
   1. any large web-footen bird of the subfamily anserinae,
      and belonging to anser, branta, chen, and several
      allied genera. see anseres.
      1913 webster

   note: the common domestic goose is believed to have been
         derived from the european graylag goose anser
         anser. the bean goose a. segetum, the american
         wild or canada goose branta canadensis, and the
         bernicle goose branta leucopsis are well known
         species. the american white or snow geese and the blue
         goose belong to the genus chen. see bernicle,
         emperor goose, under emperor, snow goose, wild
         goose, brant.
         1913 webster

   2. any large bird of other related families, resembling the
      common goose.
      1913 webster

   note: the egyptian or fox goose alopochen aegyptiaca and
         the african spur-winged geese plectropterus belong
         to the family plectropteridae. the australian
         semipalmated goose anseranas semipalmata and cape
         barren goose cereopsis novae-hollandiae are
         very different from northern geese, and each is made
         the type of a distinct family. both are domesticated in
         australia.
         1913 webster

   3. a tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
      which resembles the neck of a goose.
      1913 webster

   4. a silly creature; a simpleton.
      1913 webster

   5. a game played with counters on a board divided into
      compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
      1913 webster

            the pictures placed for ornament and use,
            the twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
                                                  --goldsmith.
      1913 webster

   a wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something
      impossible or unlikely of attainment.

   fen goose. see under fen.

   goose barnacle zool., any pedunculated barnacle of the
      genus anatifa or lepas; -- called also duck
      barnacle. see barnacle, and cirripedia.

   goose cap, a silly person. obs. --beau.  .

   goose corn bot., a coarse kind of rush juncus
      squarrosus.

   goose feast, michaelmas. colloq. eng.

   goose grass. bot.
      a a plant of the genus galium g. aparine, a
          favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and
          cleavers.
      b a species of knotgrass polygonum aviculare.
      c the annual spear grass poa annua.

   goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
      like the neck of a goose; specially naut., an iron hook
      connecting a spar with a mast.

   goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
      pen made from it.

   goose skin. see goose flesh, above.

   goose tongue bot., a composite plant achillea
      ptarmica, growing wild in the british islands.

   sea goose. zool. see phalarope.

   solan goose. zool. see gannet.
      1913 webster
see also:
geese gander gannet ganza gosling anserinae 
anser branta chen anseres anser anser 
a. segetum branta canadensis branta leucopsis bernicle emperor goose 
emperor snow goose wild goose brant alopochen aegyptiaca 
plectropterus plectropteridae anseranas semipalmata cereopsis novae-hollandiae a wild goose chase 
fen goose fen goose barnacle anatifa lepas 
duck barnacle barnacle cirripedia goose cap goose corn 
juncus squarrosus goose feast goose grass galium g. aparine 
catchweed cleavers polygonum aviculare poa annua goose neck 
goose quill goose skin goose flesh goose tongue achillea ptarmica 
sea goose phalarope solan goose 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

goose
     n 1: web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory
          aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
     2: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool syn: fathead, goof,
         goofball, bozo, jackass, cuckoo, twat, zany
     3: flesh of a goose domestic or wild
     also: geese pl
see also:
fathead goof goofball bozo jackass cuckoo 
twat zany geese 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

68 moby thesaurus words for "goose":
   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

[4] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

goose, n.  a bird that supplies quills for writing.  these, by some
occult process of nature, are penetrated and suffused with various
degrees of the bird's intellectual energies and emotional character,
so that when inked and drawn mechanically across paper by a person
called an "author," there results a very fair and accurate transcript
of the fowl's thought and feeling.  the difference in geese, as
discovered by this ingenious method, is considerable:  many are found
to have only trivial and insignificant powers, but some are seen to be
very great geese indeed.

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Goose Step >> G Words
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Goose Neck >> G Words
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Goose Skin >> G Words
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Goose Egg >> G Words
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Goose Bumps >> G Words
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Wild Goose >> W Words
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Snow Goose >> S Words
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Mother Goose >> M Words
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Canada Goose >> C Words
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