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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 importanceplay

  Familiarity information: GOOSE EGG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GOOSE EGG (noun)


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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