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GOOSEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does goosey mean?
• GOOSEY (adjective)
The adjective GOOSEY has 1 sense:
1. having or revealing stupidity
Familiarity information: GOOSEY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: goosier
Superlative: goosiest
Superlative: goosiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or revealing stupidity
Synonyms:
anserine; dopey; dopy; foolish; gooselike; goosey; goosy; jerky
Context example:
some fool idea about rewriting authors' books
Similar:
stupid (lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Derivation:
goose (a man who is a stupid incompetent fool)
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