Goose (disambiguation)
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Goose might refer to:
- One of several birds in the family Anatidae:
- Goose, birds in the subfamily Anserinae of the Anatidae
- Sheldgoose, birds in the subfamily Tadorninae
- Spur-winged Goose, a bird in the subfamily Plectropterinae
- Pygmy goose, birds in the genus Nettapus in the subfamily Anatinae
- The Magpie-goose in the closely-related family Anseranatidae
- Goose on the Loose, a 2006 film
- Grumman Goose, a United States built amphibian flying boat
- Goose (band), a Belgian electro rock band
- GOOSE (Generic Object Oriented Substation Event), one of the abstract data model mappings in the IEC61850 communication protocol
People and Fictional characters:
- Shane "Goose" Gooseman, the ficitonal character from The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers television show.
- Richard "Goose" Gossage, a retired Major League Baseball player
- Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, a character in the 1986 film Top Gun, played by Anthony Edwards.
- Leon "Goose" Goslin, a baseball hall of famer.
- Simon Gosling, a designer of special effects models.
- Tony Siragusa, an American football player and actor
- The Goose, a character from the television show Just Jordan
As slang:
- A fool, or someone who is shy (also goosy/goosey)
- A (usually sexual, sometimes friendly) "attack" — the buttocks of another person are pinched between forefinger and thumb.
- A goose egg, in North American sports slang, refers to a score of "zero" in a contest (compare Duck (cricket)).
- Also in North American slang, the bruised, swollen knot from a minor head injury is called a goose egg.
- A flick of the hand to another person's genitalia