2. (sporting).—No score; a goose-egg (q.v.).
3. (venery).—The penis. For synonyms, see Creamstick and Prick.
Goose-Riding. See Gander-pulling.
Goose’s Gazette, subs. (old).—A lying story; a flim-flam tale; that is, a piece of reading for a goose, sense 2. [[185]]
1815. Scott, Guy Mannering, ch. xxxiv. Lieutenant Brown … told him some goose’s gazette about his being taken in a skirmish with the land-sharks.
Goose-shearer, subs. (common).—A beggar. For synonyms, see Cadger. [From goose = simpleton + shearer = a cheater.]
Goose’s-neck, subs. (venery).—The penis. For synonyms, see Creamstick and Prick.
Goose-step, subs. (common).—Balancing on one foot and moving the other back and forwards without taking a step. [A preliminary in military drill, the pons asinorum of the raw recruit.] Also (more loosely) ‘marking time’: that is, lifting the feet alternately without advancing.
1840. Tate’s Mag., Sept., p. 607. Whether the remarkable evolution [the goose step] was called … from the nature of the operation requiring the exhibitor to stand on one leg, in imitation of the above-named animal, I am totally at a loss to say.
1890. Licensed Vict. Gaz., 7 Nov. He won his spurs at Punchestown before he had mastered the goose step.