What does goose loose mean?

loose as a goose (not comparable) (colloquial, simile) Very loose (in various senses).
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What does loose goose mean slang?

adjective. slang. relaxed; calm; unperturbed. Despite the pressure, he was loosey-goosey throughout the game. [1965–70; rhyming compound (with -y1) based on the idiom loose as a goose]
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What does goose mean in slang?

If someone calls you a goose, it's mildly insulting: they're saying you're silly. Many other common phrases use goose, including "a wild goose chase," which means a hopeless pursuit or waste of time, and "your goose is cooked," which translates to "you are in big trouble!"
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What does Loosie Goosie mean?

: notably loose or relaxed : not tense. a loosey-goosey attitude.
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What does it mean to goose a girl?

goosed; goosing. transitive verb. : to poke between the buttocks with an upward thrust.
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How do you goose someone?

(slang) To goose someone is to take him by surprise with a finger jab to the cleft of the buttocks that penetrates to the anus.
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How do you goose a girl?

To goose someone is defined as to pinch the person in the buttocks. When you pinch a girl's buttocks, this is an example of to goose.
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What's another word for Loosey Goosey?

relaxed; calm; unperturbed: Despite the pressure, he was loosey-goosey throughout the game.
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What does loose mean in slang?

Slang. Loose, slang for inebriated or high on drugs, as in "get loose" Loose, slang antonym for anxious ("uptight"), as in "loosen up" Loose woman, a promiscuous female. Loose morals, especially sexual morals, not much concerned with prevailing ethics.
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What does Loosey Goosey Day mean?

loosey-goosey in American English

(ˈluˌsi gusi ) Slang. adjective. 1. relaxed, easy, or unconstrained.
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What does goosed up mean?

To take steps to make something appear more attractive or compelling. To boost or increase something's power (especially an engine).
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Why do people say talk to me goose?

In Top Gun: Maverick, "talk to me, Goose" seems to have become Pete's mantra, a way of finding strength and inspiration in his late friend. It's a detail as moving as it is poignant, showing that Maverick has had a hard time moving on.
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What does a goose emoji mean?

Emoji Meaning

A white goose in full profile. Can be used to talk about the actual animal. Can also be used in the context of idioms including silly goose, wild goose chase, or what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Can also be used to talk about goosebumps or goose pimples.
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Is silly goose an idiom?

Calling someone a silly goose means you think that they need to stop being nervous or childish and get the job done. All idioms have been editorially reviewed, and submitted idioms may have been edited for correctness and completeness.
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What does Gander mean in slang?

Besides being the proper name for a male goose and a slang word for silly man, the word gander also shows up in the idiom "take a gander." The slang sense of gander comes from the meaning recorded in 1886, to take a long look by craning one's neck like a goose, or wander foolishly (again, like a goose).
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What does Mother Goose mean in slang?

The term 'Mother Goose' has been adopted as a slang term in the United Kingdom, and refers to a neurotic woman who fusses too much over those who are in her charge.
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What does it mean to call a girl loose?

loose woman (plural loose women) A sexually promiscuous woman; a prostitute. quotations ▼
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What does turn her loose mean?

idiom. to free someone or something; to remove anything that limits the freedom of action of someone or something: He turned the horse loose in the field.
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What does loose dog mean?

If your dog is on the loose, he's not on a leash. If a pet bird is on the loose, she's out of her cage and probably frolicking in the treetops. If a criminal is on the loose, watch out! Definitions of on the loose.
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Why is it called loosey goosey?

Loosey Goosey, Goosey Loosey or Goosey Poosey are English equivalent names of one of the characters in the tale of Henny Penny, Chicken Licken or Chicken Little, translated from a story called “Kluck” first printed by the brothers Grimm. It was originally a tale from German or Danish folklore.
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What is the synonym of loose loose?

adj.not tight; unconstrained. adj.indefinite, vague. adj.promiscuous. verbset free; unbind.
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What's a word for unladylike?

coarse. They don't know how to behave, and are coarse and insulting. unrefined. an unrefined boor. impolite.
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Is goose masculine or feminine?

goose noun (BIRD)

The female bird is called a goose and the male bird is called a gander.
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What is goose necking?

noun. nautical. a pivot between the forward end of a boom and a mast, to allow the boom to swing freely.
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How do you use goose in a sentence?

Much more of this and his goose will be cooked. Perhaps her golden goose has had its day then. My mum said it gave her goose bumps.
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