gander

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[edit] English

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[edit] Noun

Singular
gander

Plural
ganders

gander (plural ganders)

  1. A male goose.
  2. A fool, simpleton
  3. (slang, used only with “have” and “take”) A glance, look.
    Have a gander at what he’s written.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to gander

Third person singular
ganders

Simple past
gandered

Past participle
gandered

Present participle
gandering

to gander (third-person singular simple present ganders, present participle gandering, simple past and past participle gandered)

  1. (dialectal) (intransitive) ramble, wander

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[edit] Noun

gander m. (plural ganders, diminutive gandertje, diminutive plural gandertjes)

  1. gander, male goose

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