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gander

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gander.

Editorial note

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A male goose.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of gander gathered in one view.

noun

A male goose.

noun

A fool, simpleton.

noun

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for gander.

noun

A male goose.

noun

A fool, simpleton.

noun

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.

noun

A surname.

Example sentences

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What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

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You would this that would have educated these people that what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, but there's no sign it has.

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Third one: >On May 22, 2012, Holmes purchased a Glock 22 pistol at a Gander Mountain shop in Aurora.

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He meant to pick on the magazine, not the company, but sauce for the goose, die by the gander.

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You can at the very least bet Microsoft Games and Nintendo will want to take a gander at this.

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Yeah take a gander at some of the bigger 100k+ subscriber reddit comments...low effort comments with grammar or spelling mistakes.

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The best way to discover someone's motivation is to get a gander at what they're thinking about when they aren't working.

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An artist pours his soul into expression and sticks the pictures in a gallery for every passerby to come by and gander at.

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I wish the person who mapped the Russian twitter bot network [1] would take a gander at Amazon reviews/reviewers.

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Feedback is totally welcome if anyone wants to take a quick gander.

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Many comments here are excusably about goose and gander, i.e.

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I understand if you are not keen on that idea.), so that i can take a gander at converting it using pandoc?

Quote examples

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For those who've not already come across it I would thoroughly recommend folk taking a gander at Michael Feathers book "Working Effectively with Legacy Code" on this topic.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use gander in a sentence?

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

What does gander mean?

A male goose.

What part of speech is gander?

gander is commonly used as noun.