goog

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See also: GOOG

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Irish and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scottish Gaelic gog/gug, cf. googie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Irish and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scottish Gaelic gugaí/gogaí "sound made by chickens, baby name for chicken, baby name for egg" (i.e. gug-gug-gugaí)

Pronunciation

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Noun

goog (plural googs)

  1. (Australia, slang) An egg.
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber 2003, p. 53:
      I always supposed he was called Goog because the tiny flattened ears did nothing to interrupt the goog-like sweep from crown to jaw.

Derived terms

References

  • goog", entry in 1984, Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2008, page 299.

Anagrams

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Etymology

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Noun

goog f (genitive singular goog, plural googyn)

  1. toy

Synonyms

Mutation

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