Goose vs Queen - What's the difference?

As a noun goose

is any of various grazing waterfowl of the family anatidae, bigger than a duck.

As a verb goose

is (slang) to sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.

As a proper noun queen is

a title given to queens.

goose

English

Noun

(geese)

Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, bigger than a duck

There is a flock of geese on the pond.

The flesh of the goose used as food.

(slang) A silly person

* {{quote-book, 1906, Langdon Mitchell, chapter=The New York Idea, Best Plays of the Early American Theatre, 1787-1911, page=430 citation

, passage=I'm sorry for you, but you're such a goose .}}

(archaic) A tailor's iron, heated in live coals or embers, used to press fabrics.

* Scene 3:

Come in, tailor. Here you may roast your goose .

(South Africa, slang, dated) A young woman or girlfriend.

Usage notes

* A male goose is called a gander. A young goose is a gosling. * A group of geese can be called a gaggle when they are on the ground or in the water, and a skein or a wedge when they are in flight.

Synonyms

* (sense, tailor's iron) goose iron

Derived terms

* game of the goose * goose egg * goose game * goose pimple * gooseneck * goose-step * Mother Goose * what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander * one's goose is cooked

Verb

(goos)

(slang) To sharply poke or pinch someone's buttocks. Derived from a goose's inclination to bite at a retreating intruder's hindquarters.

To stimulate, to spur.

(slang) To gently accelerate an automobile or machine, or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.

(UK slang) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not pre-booked a cab. This is unauthorised under UK licensing conditions.

English nouns with irregular plurals

queen

English

(wikipedia queen)

Noun

(en noun)

A female monarch. Example: (Queen Victoria)

The wife or widow of a king.

(chess) The most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

(card games) A playing card with the picture of a queen on its face, the twelfth card in a given suit.

A powerful or forceful female person.

(derogatory, slang) An effeminate male homosexual. See drag queen.

A reproductive female animal in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.

An adult female cat valued for breeding. See also tom.

Synonyms

* (female monarch) queen regnant * (wife of a king) queen consort

Derived terms

* drag queen * drama queen * ice queen * May Queen / queen of the May * prom queen * queencraft * queenhood * Queenie * queenlike * queenly * Queen of Sheba * Queen's English * queenship * requeen

Verb

To make a queen.

(obsolete) To act the part of a queen; to queen it.

(Shakespeare)

(chess) To promote a pawn, usually to a queen.

(BDSM, slang, transitive, of a female) To sit on the face of (a partner) to receive oral sex.

* 2000 , "Lorelei", The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl's Guide to Female Dominance

Try Queening him. Have him lie on his back while you sit on his face (make sure he has an airway through either his mouth or his nose).

* 2007 , Madelynne Ellis, Dark Designs

...not Eloise, sat queening him. He couldn't wait to tip her velvet. He wanted to come, but not here, with these three. It was time to extract himself.

* 2012 , Yolanda Celbridge, The Castle of Maldona

She saw his pink tongue flickering on Clare's exposed nympha as she queened him, her love juices shining on his chin and throat