Gander

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɡæn.dÉ™(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ændÉ™(ɹ)

Full definition of gander

Noun

1. A male goose.
• 1916, Blanche Fisher Wright, The Original Mother GooseOld Mother Goose
  When she wanted to wander
  Would ride through the air
  On a very fine gander.
2. A fool, simpleton
3. (slang, used only with “have” and “take”) A glance, look.Have a gander at what he’s written.

Synonyms

• (slang, look) butcher's, butcher's hook (Cockney rhyming slang for "look")

Derived terms

• Michigander
• what's good for the goose is good for the gander
• what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander

Verb

1. (dialect, intransitive) ramble, wander

Anagrams

• danger
• garden
• grande
• ranged