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Definition of Goose egg
1. Noun. A quantity of no importance. "I didn't hear zilch about it"
Generic synonyms: Relative Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Nihil, Bugger All, Fanny Adams, Fuck All, Sweet Fanny Adams
Derivative terms: Zero
Definition of Goose egg
1. Noun. (informal) Zero; nothing. ¹
2. Noun. (informal) A swelling caused by a bump on the head. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goose Egg
Literary usage of Goose egg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"A gaining of a point, or a particular amount scored: spec, duck's egg or duck
egg (slang), goose egg (slang), run, notch (rare), bye, hole, bogy, love, ..."
2. The Banquet of Dun Na N-Gedh and The Battle of Magh Rath: An Ancient by John O'Donovan, Ireland) Trinity College (Dublin, Library (1842)
"... and that a goose egg is placed on a silver dish before every king in the house
except thee alone, before whom a hen egg is placed on a wooden dish. ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1849)
"... it was about the size of a goose egg, running along the labium from the anterior
fourchette to the ..."
4. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1872)
"It could not have proved a very formidable projectile, being nothing but a dirty
goose-egg, but it served his purpose for the moment; Goliath, mistaking it ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1862)
""Meat and drink were afterwards distributed -to them, until they became inebriated
and cheerful; and a goose-egg was brought on a silver dish before every ..."
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