gander
see also: Gander
Pronunciation
Gander
Proper noun
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see also: Gander
Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ɡæn.də(ɹ)/
gander (plural ganders)
- A male goose.
- A fool, simpleton.
- (slang, used only with “have”, “get” and “take”) A glance, look.
- Have a gander at what he’s written.
- I took a gander and she seemed so familiar.
- (US) A man living apart from his wife.
- (slang) butcher's, butcher's hook (Cockney rhyming slang for "look")
- French: jars
- German: Gänserich, Ganter, Ganterich (North German), Ganser (Austrian, South German), Ganauser (Austrian), Gänser (regional or otherwise archaic)
- Italian: oca maschio
- Portuguese: ganso
- Russian: гусь
- Spanish: ganso
gander (ganders, present participle gandering; past and past participle gandered)
Gander
Proper noun
- Surname
- A town in Newfoundland and Labrador
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