goosing
- present participle of goose.
Example Sentences
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The kids took to TikTok and Instagram to dissect every awful thing Banks and the rest did in the name of goosing ratings, with many wondering why its audience barely blinked at its endless exploitation.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026
That would relax the pressure on the economy, while goosing prices for stocks and other investments.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2024
If these purchases are indeed goosing stock returns, the numbers don’t show it conclusively.
From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2022
Parton gives the hoary tune new life by flipping the gender of Rodgers’ lyric — she’s a “lady muleskinner” — and by goosing it with a hurtling rock-and-soul rhythm track.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2022
Five or six more men left the porch and surrounded the fractious beast, goosing him in the sides and making him show his temper.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
