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[ gan-der ] / ˈgæn dər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR gander ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe male of the goose.Compare goose (def. 2). Slang. a look: Take a gander at his new shoes. Origin of ganderbefore 1000; 1910–15 for def. 2; Middle English; Old English gan(d)ra; cognate with Middle Low German ganre,Dutch gander; akin to goose, German Gans Words nearby ganderGance, ganciclovir, Gand, Ganda, G&AE, gander, Gandhara, Gandhi, Gandhian, Gandhi cap, Gandhi, Indira Definition for gander (2 of 2)[ gan-der ] / ˈgæn dər /
nouna town in E Newfoundland, in Canada: airport on the great circle route between New York and northern Europe. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ganderHeadwinds forced a landing at Gander, in Newfoundland, in the middle of a blizzard. The New Fear of Flying After MH370|Clive Irving|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then you get a gander at the full monty, as it were, and he looks like someone inflated him from the sternum down. The Christie Girth|Michael Tomasky|December 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST Under both the law and the ethics governing armed conflicts, sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. What’s Wrong With Awlaki’s Killing|Stephen L. Carter|September 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST What was sauce for the Michael Dukakis goose, is sauce for the Michael Huckabee gander. The GOP Frontrunner Curse|Mark McKinnon|December 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Just take a gander at trips planned for Richard Nixon by Henry Kissinger or for George H. W. Bush by James Baker. Amateur Hour at the White House|Leslie H. Gelb|November 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST "What's sauce fo' the goose ought to be sauce fo' the gander," argued the ex-moonshiner. A Tar-Heel Baron|Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander (Was also dem Einen recht ist, muss dem Andern billig sein). The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer The gander waddled among the others, plucking at them with his pink beak, as if to stir them up. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's|Charles Asbury Stephens But the Gander was already waddling away and pretended not to hear him. Among the Farmyard People|Clara Dillingham Pierson In his Birds and Man he gives a delightful account of the home-coming of a flock of tame geese led by a gander. Jungle Folk|Douglas Dewar
British Dictionary definitions for gander
nouna male goose informal a quick look (esp in the phrase take (or have) a gander) informal a simpleton Word Origin for ganderOld English gandra, ganra; related to Low German and Dutch gander and to gannet Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with ganderThe American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to ganderpeek, swivel, flash, eye, look, glimpse, slant, lamp, sight, peep, blush, squint, view, eyeball, look-see |