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GOOSY (goosier, goosiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: goosier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, goosiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does goosy mean? 

GOOSY (adjective)
  The adjective GOOSY has 1 sense:

1. having or revealing stupidityplay

  Familiarity information: GOOSY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GOOSY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: goosier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: goosiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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