All goose synonyms
goose
G g noun goose
- praise β the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- provocation β the act of provoking.
- buildup β praise or favorable publicity, esp. when systematic and intended to make something popular, well-known, etc.
- hunger β a compelling need or desire for food.
- promotion β advancement in rank or position.
- gimmick β an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
- backup β Backup consists of extra equipment, resources, or people that you can get help or support from if necessary.
- angle β An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
- persuasion β the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
- incitation β to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- action β Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- disposition β the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.
- raise β to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- incitement β the act of inciting.
- shove β to move along by force from behind; push.
- predisposition β the fact or condition of being predisposed: a predisposition to think optimistically.
- hoist β to hoist.
- stimulus β something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.: The approval of others is a potent stimulus.
- thrust β to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force: He thrust his way through the crowd. She thrust a dagger into his back.
- instigation β the act of instigating; incitement.
- heave β to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- inducement β the act of inducing.
- suggestion β the act of suggesting.
- predetermination β to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
- actuation β to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- impulsion β the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
verb goose
- bulldoze β If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
- pound β Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- actuate β If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
- overwork β to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively): Don't overwork yourself on that new job.
- coerce β If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
- arouse β If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
- animate β Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- worry β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- hound β Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
- nag β to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
- rouse β to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
- compel β If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
- goad β a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
- prod β to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed: I prodded him with my elbow.
- instigate β to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- kick β to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- shepherd β a male given name.
- overburden β to load with too great a burden; overload: He was overburdened with cares.
- oblige β to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- induce β to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- pressure β the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- hurl β to throw or fling with great force or vigor.