Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or resembling a goose.
- adjective Foolish or scatterbrained.
- adjective Nervously excitable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Gooselike, especially in stupidity; foolish; silly.
- In a condition resembling that of the flesh of a plucked goose; hence, ‘creepy’: as, a goosy sensation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Characteristic of a
goose ;anserine - adjective
foolish
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or revealing stupidity
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Examples
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It's oh so basic in its set-up and story-telling - and yet writer-director Joe Cornish makes the absolute most out of its goosy energy and gruesome effects.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Attack the Block Marshall Fine 2011
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Thus, even this supposed "bright spot" of Beck's thinking reveals the "loosy-goosy" argument style that marks all of his arguments.
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Ginny dropped down to her haunches and folded her arms against her sides like wings, honking in a goosy way.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES -- LIFE WITH SMALL CHILDREN, 1991 TO 1993 Maggie Jochild 2007
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Please bring back that wild and crazy, histerically funny, loosy goosy guy! james
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien Debut: What Did You Think? | /Film 2009
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WEINTRAUB: Well, I don ` t know that I would call it loosy-goosy.
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Evidently not, because on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue policy makers are busy giving the FHA even more business while easing its already loosy-goosy underwriting standards.
The Next Fannie Mae 2009
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L. M.Noonan said ... well I'm feeling all goosy right now.
Mortal Ghost dissected L. Lee Lowe 2007
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Jayne Weintraub, and the fact that she could just switch to Italian and nobody said anything, it just shows you what kind of a loosy-goosy system they have over there.
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The Belize route is not as loosy goosy as it once was and I have friends who wasted both time and money trying to skirt the intent of the law by going there.
Page 2 2006
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The Belize route is not as loosy goosy as it once was and I have friends who wasted both time and money trying to skirt the intent of the law by going there.
Page 2 2006
hernesheir commented on the word goosy
A young sow. also gussie. --Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
May 19, 2011