adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A goose. childish, informal

   "Goosey, goosey! " he called, and pretended to be strewing corn out of his hands as when feeding geese."

2. 2
   A foolish person; a silly. informal

Adjective

1. 1
   Characteristic of a goose; anserine
2. 2
   foolish; silly informal

Adjective

1. 1
   having or revealing stupidity wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

allergicaltricialanaphylacticanserineanserineanserous

Example

More examples

"Goosey, goosey! " he called, and pretended to be strewing corn out of his hands as when feeding geese."

Etymology

From goose + -y.

Related phrases

loosy-goosy

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