Gould

[ goold ]

noun

1. Chester, 1900–85, U.S. cartoonist: creator of the comic strip “Dick Tracy.”
2. Glenn Herbert, 1932–82, Canadian pianist and composer.
3. Jay, 1836–92, U.S. financier.
4. Morton, 1913–1996, U.S. composer and pianist.
5. Stephen Jay, 1941–2002, U.S. paleontologist, biologist, and science writer.

Gould

/ ɡuːld /

noun

1. GouldBenjamin Apthorp18241896MUSSCIENCE: astronomer Benjamin Apthorp. 1824–96, US astronomer: the first to use the telegraph to determine longitudes; founded the Astronomical Journal (1849)
2. GouldGlenn19321982MCanadianMUSIC: pianist Glenn. 1932–82, Canadian pianist

Gould

/ go̅o̅ld /

1. American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist who with Niles Eldredge developed the theory of punctuated equilibrium in 1972. He published numerous books which popularized his sometimes controversial ideas on evolutionary theory among the general public.

Example Sentences

Gould’s recording of the beetle showed an air bubble trapped along the creature’s upturned belly.

From Science News

“At first, I just assumed it must have been a bug that had fallen into the water and was swimming across the surface,” Gould recounts, “but then realized the bug was upside-down and below the water’s surface.”

From Science News

“There often isn’t one magic bullet that’s going to fix everything,” Gould said.

From Washington Post

He patented his walkie-talkie in 1938, at the age of 20, and was tinkering with a wrist-size version when Gould came calling.

From Nautilus

Older workers could take jobs that would typical go to entry-level applicants, Gould said.

From Fortune

Other writers and editors and feminists in all fields took to Twitter to defend Gould.

From The Daily Beast

His movie producer character, Bobby Gould, is restrained but still crackling with energy.

From The Daily Beast

When did Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould tell you about their idea for a spinoff?

From The Daily Beast

You and the late American evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould often disagreed over your respective theories on evolution.

From The Daily Beast

And I think [Gould] was guilty of using a poetic language to conflate those three kinds of episodic changes.

From The Daily Beast

Id have made more of it, added Bobby, only Miss Gould didnt seem to care for that kind of poetry.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Gould will confine her lectures this week in English to the discussion of plays and play-making.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Gould called me and I hastily thrust the papers, which I particularly told you were the question papers, into this drawer.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Baring-Gould says that Brychan lived in the fifth century, and that Morwenna was probably his grand-daughter.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Baring-Gould evidently uses the word piscina as meaning the whole recess beside the altar.

From Project Gutenberg