Goosed vs Gooshed - What's the difference?
goosed | gooshed |
(goose)
Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, bigger than a duck
The flesh of the goose used as food.
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(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
, 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.
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(South Africa, slang, dated) A young woman or girlfriend.
(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
(goosh)
To move in a messy, liquid manner.
* 1999 , H. Mel Malton, Cue the Dead Guy: A Polly Deacon Mystery (page 202)
* 2002 , Piers Anthony, Pornucopia
* 2006 , Evelyn Vaughn, Grail Keepers Duo (page 71)
As verbs the difference between goosed and gooshed
is that goosed is (goose) while gooshed is (goosh).goosed
English
Verb
(head)goose
English
Noun
(geese)- There is a flock of geese on the pond.
citation
- Come in, tailor. Here you may roast your goose .
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.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 cookedSee also
* duck * eider * gander * swan * waterfowlVerb
(goos)gooshed
English
Verb
(head)goosh
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Verb
- In a way, it's rather useful to have your body remind you on a regular basis that there's healthy red stuff gooshing around inside you, just below the surface
- More fluid gooshed forth, arching beautifully and descending to strike Prior's arm. It was hot and gooey and repulsive.
- I waded out, my hair streaming water down my back, my toes gooshing deliciously in the mud.