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| GONAD | | n. Animal organ producing gametes, esp. The testis or ovary. [greek gone seed] | |
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| GONER | | n. Slang person or thing that is doomed or irrevocably lost. | |
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| GOODY | | —n. (also goodie) (pl. -ies) 1 colloq. Good or favoured person.
- (usu. In pl.) Something good or attractive, esp. To eat. —int. Expressing childish delight. | |
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| GOOEY | | adj. (gooier, gooiest) slang 1 viscous, sticky.
- sentimental. [from *goo] | |
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| GOOFY | | adj. (-ier, -iest) slang 1 stupid.
- having protruding or crooked front teeth. | |
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| GOOSE | | n. (pl. Geese) 1 a large water-bird with webbed feet and a broad bill. B female of this (opp. *gander 1). C flesh of a goose as food.
- colloq. Simpleton. [old english] | |
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| GORGE | | —n. - narrow opening between hills.
- act of gorging.
- contents of the stomach. —v. (-ging) 1 feed greedily.
- a (often refl.) Satiate. B devour greedily. one's gorge rises at one is sickened by. [french, = throat] | |
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| GORSE | | n. Spiny yellow-flowered shrub; furze. gorsy adj. [old english] | |
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| GOUDA | | n. Flat round usu. Dutch cheese. [gouda in holland] | |
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| GOUGE | | —n. Chisel with a concave blade. —v. (-ging) 1 cut with or as with a gouge.
- (foll. By out) force out (esp. An eye with the thumb) with or as with a gouge. [latin gubia] | |
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