gander1
/ˈɡandə
/noun
1A male goose.There are no pelicans to pose a threat to the geese, ganders and goslings....
- Rival ganders chased one another with necks lowered and wings spread.
- Cliches about sauce, geese and ganders spring to mind.
2 [in singular] informal A look or glance: take a gander at the luggage, will ya?...
- You can look up artists in past issues, view reader art, buy T-shirts or take a gander at their links section.
- If you could have someone come in and take a gander at your living room, would you let them in the house and what would you like to change?
- Lest you think this petty criticism, take a gander at the much more informative Los Angeles Times story generated by the same press conference.
From criminals' slang
verb [no object] US informal
Look or glance at something: Paulie gandered at shelves full of coffee paraphernalia...
- Don't get me wrong, I love gandering at colorful birds, and no one loves nature more than me, but I draw the line at hugging trees.
- He stopped to gander at himself in a store window.
- Might I suggest you gander at a map of lower Manhattan, where you will see a convergence of snakes crossing the water from Jersey and Brooklyn.
Origin
Old English gandra, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gander, also to gannet.
Rhymes
Gander2
/ˈɡandə/A town on the island of Newfoundland, on Lake Gander; population 9,951 (2006). Its airport served the first regular transatlantic flights during the Second World War.
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