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goods and 'chattels n [P] law personal possessions
Good 'Shepherd, the a name used for Jesus in the New Testament of the Bible
good-will /ˌgʊdˈwɪl/ n [U] 1 kind feelings towards or between people and/or willingness to take action that will bring advantage to the others: Given sufficient goodwill on both sides, there's no reason why this dispute shouldn't be resolved. 2 the value of the popularity, the regular customers etc, of a business calculated as part of its worth when being sold: We paid £30,000 for the shop, plus £5,000 for the goodwill.
Goodwill also ,Goodwill 'Industries a CHARITY organization in North America that helps people who have difficulty in getting jobs because they are DISABLED, cannot read or write, have been in prison etc. It gets money by collecting old clothes, furniture, and electrical equipment, which its members repair and sell in Goodwill shops: He looks as if he buys all his clothes from Goodwill.
Good-win Sands, the /ˌgʊdwɪn ˈsændz/ a dangerous area of sand just under the sea near Dover in the English Channel, where many ships have sunk
Good-wood /ˈgʊdwʊd/ a racecourse near Chichester in the south of England, where horse races are held every year in July and August. It is sometimes called Glorious Goodwood.
good 'word n 1 [S] a favourable statement: They hadn't a good word (to say) for her. (=everything they said about her was unfavourable) | When you're talking to the director put in a good word for me. (=mention me favourably) 2 [the] AmE good news: What's the good word?
good-y¹ /ˈgʊdi/ n [usually pl.] infml 1 a pleasant thing to eat: She had got us all sorts of delicious goodies for tea. 2 something particularly attractive, pleasant, or desirable: They had all the goodies – new cars, a big house, holidays abroad – that a higher income brings. 3 a GOODIE
goody² interj (an expression of pleasure, used especially by children)
Good-year /ˈgʊdjɪər, -jɜːr || -jɪər/ trademark a company that makes a BRAND (=type) of tyre called Goodyear and other rubber products
'goody-,goody || also goody-two-shoes AmE — n pl. goody-goodies infml derog (used especially by children about other children) a person who likes to appear faultless in behaviour so as to please others, not because he or she is really good: Who's a little goody-goody then, helping the teacher?
,goody-'two-,shoes n pl. goody-two-shoes AmE for GOODY-GOODY
goo-ey /ˈguːi/ adj infml 1 sticky and usually sweet: gooey cakes 2 derog over-sweet; SENTIMENTAL: She gets very gooey about babies and young animals. → see also GOO
goof¹ /guːf/ n infml 1 a foolish person: The poor goof still hasn't twigged (=realized) that they're pulling his leg. (=that they are joking) 2 especially AmE a silly mistake
goof² v [I] infml, especially AmE to make a silly mistake
goof off phr v [I] AmE infml to waste time or avoid work
goof-ball /ˈguːfbɔːl/ n AmE infml someone who is silly or stupid
goof-y /ˈguːfi/ adj infml appearing stupid or silly —iness n [U]
goo-gle /ˈguːgəl/ v [I,T] to search for information about something on the Internet, especially by using the Google SEARCH ENGINE
Google trademark a very popular SEARCH ENGINE (=computer program that allows you to search for information on the Internet)
goo-gly /ˈguːgli/ n (in cricket) a ball bowled (BOWL) as if to go in one direction after bouncing (BOUNCE), which in fact goes in the other direction
'goo-goo ,eyes n [P] AmE infml humor a look at another person that suggests love or sexual desire: Don't look at me with your goo-goo eyes! | I think that man in the suit is making goo-goo eyes at you.
goo-ly, goolie /ˈguːli/ n BrE, slang, not polite a TESTICLE
goon /guːn/ n infml 1 a silly or stupid person 2 especially AmE a violent criminal hired to frighten or attack people
'Goon ,Show, The a humorous British radio programme of the 1950s in which Spike MILLIGAN, Peter SELLERS, Michael Bentine, and Sir Harry Secombe performed together as a group called the Goons. They developed a completely new style of humour which influenced many later British COMEDIANS.
goose /guːs/ n pl. geese /giːs/ 1 gander masc. — a bird that is similar to a duck but larger and makes a hissing (HISS) or honking (HONK) noise 2 (pl. gooses) old-fash infml a silly person 3 (kill) the goose that lays/laid the golden egg(s) (to spoil or destroy) the thing that is or will be the main cause of one's profit or success (from the story of the GOLDEN GOOSE): → see also HONK, MOTHER GOOSE, WILD-GOOSE CHASE, can't/couldn't say boo to a goose (BOO¹), cook someone's goose (COOK¹)
goose-berry /ˈgʊzbəri, ˈguːz-, ˈguːs-||ˈguːsberi/ n 1 a small round green sharp-tasting fruit that grows on a bush → see picture at BERRY 2 infml, especially BrE a third person who stays in the company of two lovers although they want to be alone: When her boyfriend came over I went out because I didn't want to play gooseberry.
'gooseberry ,bush n the small bush on which gooseberries grow
CULTURAL NOTE In the past British children were sometimes told that new babies are found under gooseberry bushes.
goose-flesh /ˈguːsfle/ BrE also 'goose ,pimples usually goose-bumps /ˈguːsbʌmps/ AmE — n [U] a condition in which the skin is raised up in small points because a person is cold or frightened
,Goose 'Green a place in the Falklands where British soldiers fought with Argentinians in May 1982, and where many soldiers were killed
goose-step /ˈguːs-step/ n [(the) S] a special way of marching, used by soldiers in some countries, in which each step is taken without bending the knee. This word is connected by many people with the marching style of the German soldiers in World War II. —goosestep v, -pp- [I]
GOP, the /ˌdʒiː əʊ ˈpiː/ n AmE abbrev. for the Grand Old Party, the Republican Party in US politics
go-pher /ˈgəʊfər/ n a ratlike animal of North and Central America which makes and lives in holes in the ground → compare GOFER
Gor-ba-chev, Mi-khail /ˌgɔːbətʃɒf||ˈgɔːrbətʃɔːf, mɪˈkaɪl-xaɪl/ (1931-) the leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991, who started the process of economic and political change which improved his country's relationship with the West and resulted in the end of Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
Gor-bals, the /ˈgɔːbəlz||ˈgɔːr-/ an area of Glasgow in Scotland which used to be known as one of the UK's worst SLUMS (=an area of old houses in bad condition) with high rates of crime and violence. Much of it was rebuilt at the end of the 20th century.
Gor-di-an knot /ˌgɔːdiən ˈnɒt||ˌgɔːrdiən ˈnɑt/ n cut the Gordian knot to solve a problem by taking action quickly and confidently, and without thinking too much about the results. According to an ancient Greek story, it was said that whoever could undo the complicated knot made by King Gordius would rule all of Asia. ALEXANDER THE GREAT did not try to untie the knot, as everyone else had, but simply cut through it with his sword, and he then took control of Asia
Gor-di-mer, Na-dine /ˈgɔːdɪməːr||gɔːr-, nəˈdiːn/ (1923-) a South African writer, whose novels include The Conservationist and The Pickup. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991.
Gordon, Flash → see FLASH GORDON
Gor-don, General Charles /ˈgɔːdn||ˈgɔːr-/ (1833-85) British military leader who fought in the CRIMEAN WAR and then in China. He is best known for leading the British forces in the SIEGE of KHARTOUM, in Sudan, where he was killed by the enemy.
,Gordon 'Highlanders, the a Scottish REGIMENT (=a large group of soldiers) in the British army
Gor-don's /ˈgɔːdnz||ˈgɔːr-/ trademark a well-known type of GIN (=a strong alcoholic drink): I bought a bottle of Gordon's and some tonic water.