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gander

1

[ gan-der ]

noun

  1. the male of the goose. Compare goose ( def 2 ).
  2. Slang. a look:

    Take a gander at his new shoes.



Gander

2

[ gan-der ]

noun

  1. a town in E Newfoundland, in Canada: airport on the great circle route between New York and northern Europe.

gander

/ ˈɡændə /

noun

  1. a male goose
  2. informal.
    a quick look (esp in the phrase take ( or have ) a gander )
  3. informal.
    a simpleton
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gander1

before 1000; 1910–15 gander fordef 2; Middle English; Old English gan ( d ) ra; cognate with Middle Low German ganre, Dutch gander; akin to goose, German Gans
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gander1

Old English gandra, ganra; related to Low German and Dutch gander and to gannet
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Idioms and Phrases

see take a gander at .
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Example Sentences

So without further ado, let us take a gander at the history of the Ancient Egyptian soldiers of the New Kingdom.

So, without further ado, let us take a gander at 15 ancient Celtic gods and goddesses you should know about.

So, without further ado, let us take a gander at the history of the Mamluks – the Islamic slave-warriors who defiantly created their own dynasty in the regions of what is now Egypt and Syria.

First, take a gander at the topography of your property to find a small hill worthy of dropping into the features.

Take a gander at just two of the topics we have scheduled there and explore the full Disrupt agenda here.

Headwinds forced a landing at Gander, in Newfoundland, in the middle of a blizzard.

Then you get a gander at the full monty, as it were, and he looks like someone inflated him from the sternum down.

Under both the law and the ethics governing armed conflicts, sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

What was sauce for the Michael Dukakis goose, is sauce for the Michael Huckabee gander.

Just take a gander at trips planned for Richard Nixon by Henry Kissinger or for George H. W. Bush by James Baker.

The lone pine on the stone cap of Gander Knob waved its farewell, and we clattered down the long slope into the great world.

The gander came towards them, stretching out his neck, and hissing loudly.

We have left them a goose and a gander, which they take a great delight in.

One large blue gander remained near, in spite of her angry motions and cross words.

She took a long branch and beat the gander until he hid from sight in the bushes.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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