gosling

noun

gos·​ling ˈgäz-liŋ How to pronounce gosling (audio)
ˈgȯz-,
-lən
1
: a young goose
2
: a foolish or callow person

Examples of gosling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On the island, Roz discovers an egg that hatches an orphaned gosling named Brightbill (Kit Connor)—who imprints on the robot and treats her as his mother. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024 Lupita Nyong’o leads the movie’s voice cast, playing a robot named Roz, who gets marooned on an uninhabited island and soon develops a bond with an orphaned gosling. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Sep. 2024 The movie is based on Peter Brown’s beloved bestseller about a robot nicknamed ROZ who forms an unexpected bond with an orphaned gosling and other creatures after being shipwrecked on a lonely island. Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024 And yet, love covers a multitude of sins, evidenced in the unorthodox parenthood expressed between the robot, a hungry fox (voiced by Pedro Pascal), and a gosling (Kit Connor). Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gosling 

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from gos goose

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of gosling was in the 14th century

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Cite this Entry

“Gosling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gosling. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

gosling

noun
gos·​ling ˈgäz-liŋ How to pronounce gosling (audio)
ˈgȯz-,
-lən
: a young goose

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