goog
See also: GOOG
English
Etymology
Irish and Scottish Gaelic gog / gug, cf. googie, from gugaí / gogaí (“sound made by chickens, baby name for chicken, baby name for egg" (i.e. gug-gug-gugaí)”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡuːɡ/, /ɡʊɡ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uːɡ, -ʊɡ
Noun
goog (plural googs)
- (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.
- 2016, J. D. Barrett, The Secret Recipe for Second Chances
- From its modest beginnings in one's diet as a boiled goog with toast soldiers, to the heady heights of the soufflé, the egg is the soul of French and English cuisine.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber & Faber 2003, p. 53:
Derived terms
- full as a goog
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
- go-go, gogo
Manx
Etymology
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Noun
goog f (genitive singular goog, plural googyn)
- toy
Synonyms
- didee
- gaih
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| goog | ghoog | ngoog |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||