goose
 goose (go͞os)n. pl. geese (gēs)
1.
a. Any of various wild or domesticated water birds of the family Anatidae, and especially of the genera Anser and Branta, characteristically having a shorter neck than that of a swan and a shorter, more pointed bill than that of a duck.
b. The female of such a bird.
c. The flesh of such a bird used as food.
2. Informal. A silly person.
3. pl. goos·es A tailor's pressing iron with a long curved handle.
4. Slang. A poke, prod, or pinch between or on the buttocks.tr.v. Slang goosed, goos·ing, goos·es
1. To poke, prod, or pinch (a person) between or on the buttocks.
2. To move to action; spur:
goosed the governor to sign the tax bill.
3. To give a spurt of fuel to (a car, for example); cause to accelerate quickly. “The pilot goosed his craft, powering away” (Nicholas Proffitt). [Middle English goos, from Old English gōs. See ghans- in Indo-European Roots.]
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