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

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