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GOOSE EGG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does goose egg mean?
• GOOSE EGG (noun)
The noun GOOSE EGG has 1 sense:
1. a quantity of no importance
Familiarity information: GOOSE EGG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quantity of no importance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
aught; cipher; cypher; goose egg; nada; naught; nil; nix; nothing; null; zero; zilch; zip; zippo
Context example:
I didn't hear zilch about it
Hypernyms ("goose egg" is a kind of...):
relative quantity (a quantity relative to some purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "goose egg"):
nihil ((Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ))
bugger all; Fanny Adams; fuck all; sweet Fanny Adams (little or nothing at all)
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