swan song last hurrah | a final performance or effort (especially before retirement) |
goose step | a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high |
wild-goose chase | the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable |
swan dive swallow dive | a dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the water |
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 |
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 |
swan | stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult |
mute swan Cygnus olor | soundless Eurasian swan, commonly domesticated |
whooper whooper swan Cygnus cygnus | common Old World swan noted for its whooping call |
tundra swan Cygnus columbianus | swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds |
whistling swan Cygnus columbianus columbianus | North American subspecies of tundra swan having a soft whistling note |
Bewick's swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii | Eurasian subspecies of tundra swan, smaller than the whooper |
trumpeter trumpeter swan Cygnus buccinator | large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry |
black swan Cygnus atratus | large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill |
goose down | down of the goose |
swan's down | down of the swan |
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 |
swan's down | soft woolen fabric used especially for baby clothes |
goose | flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) |
goose liver | liver of a goose used as meat |
Mother Goose | the imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes |
fathead goof goofball bozo jackass goose cuckoo twat zany | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
Swan River daisy Brachycome Iberidifolia | western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays |
Swan River everlasting rhodanthe Rhodanthe manglesii Helipterum manglesii | Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads, sometimes placed in genus Helipterum |
swan orchid swanflower swan-flower swanneck swan-neck | any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan |
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 |
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 |
affirm verify assert avow aver swan swear | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true, Before God I swear I am innocent |
goose | give a spurt of fuel to, goose the car |
goose | prod into action |
goose | pinch in the buttocks, he goosed the unsuspecting girl |
swan | sweep majestically, Airplanes were swanning over the mountains |
c roll wander swan stray tramp roam cast ramble rove range drift vagabond cccbb | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment, The gypsies roamed the woods, roving vagabonds, the wandering Jew, The cattle roam across the prairie, the laborers drift from one town to the next, They rolled from town to town |
goose step | march in a military fashion |