gander
the male of the goose.: Compare goose (def. 2).
Slang. a look: Take a gander at his new shoes.
Origin of gander
1Words Nearby gander
Other definitions for Gander (2 of 2)
a town in E Newfoundland, in Canada: airport on the great circle route between New York and northern Europe.
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How to use gander in a sentence
So without further ado, let us take a gander at the history of the Ancient Egyptian soldiers of the New Kingdom.
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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 Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydThe gander came towards them, stretching out his neck, and hissing loudly.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1 | VariousWe have left them a goose and a gander, which they take a great delight in.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora | Edward EdwardsOne large blue gander remained near, in spite of her angry motions and cross words.
The Green Forest Fairy Book | Loretta Ellen BradyShe took a long branch and beat the gander until he hid from sight in the bushes.
The Green Forest Fairy Book | Loretta Ellen Brady
British Dictionary definitions for gander
/ (ˈɡændə) /
a male goose
informal a quick look (esp in the phrase take (or have) a gander)
informal a simpleton
Origin of gander
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with gander
see take a gander at.
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