gander
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[edit] Noun
gander (plural ganders)
- A male goose.
- A fool, simpleton
- (slang, used only with “have” and “take”) A glance, look.
- Have a gander at what he’s written.
[edit] Synonyms
- (slang, look): butcher's, butcher's hook (Cockney rhyming slang for "look")
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- What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
- What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[edit] Translations
a male goose
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a fool, simpleton
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[edit] Verb
gander (third-person singular simple present ganders, present participle gandering, simple past and past participle gandered)
- (dialect) (intransitive) ramble, wander
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[edit] Noun
gander m. (plural ganders, diminutive gandertje)
- gander, male goose
[edit] Synonyms
- ganzerik m.
- gent m.
- mannetjesgans m.