Definition of goose

• n. - Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserinae, and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several allied genera. See Anseres.
• n. - Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose.
• n. - A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose.
• n. - A silly creature; a simpleton.
• n. - A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.