animal animate being beast brute creature fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
goose step | a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high |
wild-goose chase | the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable |
pilomotor reflex gooseflesh goose bump goosebump goose pimple goose skin horripilation | reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation |
marine animal marine creature sea animal sea creature | any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals |
goose | web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks |
Chinese goose Anser cygnoides | very large wild goose of northeast Asia, interbreeds freely with the greylag |
greylag graylag greylag goose graylag goose Anser anser | common grey wild goose of Europe, ancestor of many domestic breeds |
blue goose Chen caerulescens | North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter |
snow goose | blue goose in the white color phase |
brant brant goose brent brent goose | small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward |
common brant goose Branta bernicla | the best known variety of brant goose |
honker Canada goose Canadian goose Branta canadensis | common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call |
barnacle goose barnacle Branta leucopsis | European goose smaller than the brant, breeds in the far north |
goose down | down of the goose |
goose barnacle gooseneck barnacle Lepas fascicularis | stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers |
solan solan goose solant goose Sula bassana | very large white gannet with black wing tips |
goose | flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) |
goose liver | liver of a goose used as meat |
imaginary being imaginary creature | a creature of the imagination, a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction |
hypothetical creature | a creature that has not been observed but is hypothesized to exist |
legendary creature | a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual |
mythical monster mythical creature | a monster renowned in folklore and myth |
Mother Goose | the imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes |
creature wight | a human being, `wight' is an archaic term |
creature tool puppet | a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else |
dame madam ma'am lady gentlewoman | a woman of refinement, a chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady |
fathead goof goofball bozo jackass goose cuckoo twat zany | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
madam brothel keeper | a woman who runs a house of prostitution |
silly | a word used for misbehaving children, don't be a silly |
yardgrass yard grass wire grass goose grass Eleusine indica | coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers, native to Old World tropics, a naturalized weed elsewhere |
goose grass Texas millet Panicum Texanum | annual weedy grass used for hay |
silverweed goose-tansy goose grass Potentilla anserina | low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath, northern United States, Europe, Asia |
American red plum August plum goose plum Prunus americana | wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh |
cleavers clivers goose grass catchweed spring cleavers Galium aparine | annual having the stem beset with curved prickles, North America and Europe and Asia |
comforts creature comforts amenities conveniences | things that make you comfortable and at ease, all the comforts of home |
e nothing nil nix nada null aught cipher cypher goose egg naught zero zilch zip zippob | a quantity of no importance, it looked like nothing I had ever seen before, reduced to nil all the work we had done, we racked up a pathetic goose egg, it was all for naught, I didn't hear zilch about it |
goose grease | grease derived from geese |
silly season | a time usually late summer characterized by exaggerated news stories about frivolous matters for want of real news |
goose | give a spurt of fuel to, goose the car |
goose | prod into action |
goose | pinch in the buttocks, he goosed the unsuspecting girl |
grind to a halt get stuck bog down mire | be unable to move further, The car bogged down in the sand |
goose step | march in a military fashion |
stuck | caught or fixed, stuck in the mud |
punch-drunk silly slaphappy | dazed from or as if from repeated blows, knocked silly by the impact, slaphappy with exhaustion |
cursed with(p) stuck with(p) | burdened with, stuck with the tab |
pathetic ridiculous silly | inspiring scornful pity, how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years- Dashiell Hammett |
stuck | baffled, this problem has me completely stuck |
bigheaded persnickety snooty snot-nosed snotty stuck-up too big for one's breeches uppish | (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant, a snotty little scion of a degenerate family-Laurent Le Sage, they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety |