[goos] 
noun, plural geese for 1, 2, 4, 8, 11; goos⋅es for 5–7; verb, goosed, goos⋅ing.| 1. | any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, esp. of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks. |
| 2. | the female of this bird, as distinguished from the male, or gander. |
| 3. | the flesh of a goose, used as food. |
| 4. | a silly or foolish person; simpleton. |
| 5. | Slang. a poke between the buttocks to startle. |
| 6. | Informal. anything that energizes, strengthens, or the like: to give the economy a badly needed goose. |
| 7. | a tailor's smoothing iron with a curved handle. |
| 8. | an obsolete board game played with dice and counters in which a player whose cast falls in a square containing the picture of a goose is allowed to advance double the number of his or her throw. |
| 9. | Slang. to poke (a person) between the buttocks to startle. |
| 10. | Informal.
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| 11. | cook someone's goose, Informal. to ruin someone's hopes, plans, chances, etc.: His goose was cooked when they found the stolen gems in his pocket. |
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cook someone's goose
Ruin someone, upset someone's plans. For example, He thinks he'll get away with stealing my idea, but I'm going to cook his goose. The origin of this phrase has been lost, but there are numerous fanciful theories; one concerns a besieged town that displayed a goose to show it had enough food, causing the attackers to set it on fire. The first recorded use of this colloquial phrase was in 1851.