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gooses

  • plural
    of goose.
    goose
    noun
    any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
  • present tense form
    of goose (3rd person singular).
    goose
    noun
    any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.

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But I dug how Cretton gooses our spidey senses with dramatic sound effects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Presprouting gooses corms into an even earlier bloom.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2024

The experimental vaccine takes an entirely different approach: It gooses the body's preexisting supply of pathogen-gobbling immune cells called macrophages, which engulf and digest bacteria, fungi and other bad actors.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023

Freshening the cocktail, Morton frequently gooses things with topical and local gags.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2017

I was surprised that all them sitting-in-one-spot ducks and gooses hadn’t been took home and cooked.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis