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词汇 goosey
释义 goosey
adjective
 informal(alsogoosy)uk /ˈɡuː.si/ us /ˈɡuː.si/

gooseyadjective (BIRD)


typical of or like a goose(= a water bird like a large duck):
He voices the goose in the cartoon - the goosey way he speaks makes you smile.
The peacock made a goosy noise. It was honking exactly like a goose.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ducks, geese & game birds
capercaillie
drake
duck
duckling
ducky
game
gander
goose
gosling
grouse
guinea fowl
guinea hen
mallard
partridge
pheasant
quail
turkey
wildfowl

gooseyadjective (NERVOUS)


US
nervous or frightened, and wanting to protect yourself:
He said local people were goosey about the potential ecological damage.
A lot of them are goosey about discussing the war.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Afraid
afraid
afraid for someone/something
afraid of someone/something
be in fear of your lifephrase
be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlightsidiom
bottle
frit
gun-shy
have a horror of somethingidiom
horror-struck
in terror of your lifeidiom
leaf
panic
shake
shit a brickidiom
squirrelly
terrified
terror
terror-stricken
threatened

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Anxious and worried

gooseyadjective (SKIN)


If someone's skin goes goosey, they get goosebumps(= small raised areas on their skin) because they are cold, frightened, or excited:
This poem makes me breathless and goosey all over.
Your skin may go blue and goosy from the cold.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

The skin, & skin colour
anti-wrinkle
ashy
basal cell
blush
complexion
corium
flushed
freckle-faced
pasty-faced
percutaneous
perionychium
permatan
pigmented
purple with ragephrase
rubicund
strawberry mark
subcutaneous
wanly
webbing
wheat complexion

See also


loosey-goosey
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