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    [Noun]  | "gan*der" | \ ˈgan-dər \


    1: an adult male goose

    2: simpleton

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English gandre, gander, going back to Old English gandra, ganra, going back to Germanic *gan-ra- (whence Middle Low German ganre "male goose," Upper German dialect Gander, Ganter), derivative from the base of Germanic *gan-s- "goose" {mat|goose:1|};

    [Noun]  | "gander" 


    1: look, glance

    Origin: circa 1914 ;

     Probably derivative of {see: |gander:1|gander:1}, from the goose-like appearance of a person stretching to look at something;

    [Idiom]  | "what's good for the goose is good for the gander" 


    1: —used to say that one person or situation should be treated the same way that another person or situation is treated

    [Idiom]  | "what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander" 


    1: —used to say that one person or situation should be treated the same way that another person or situation is treated

    [Noun]  | "gander" 


    1: an instance of looking especially briefly;


      * e.g., " ... suggested that they take a gander at the display of classic cars "



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    [Noun]  | "gander" 


    1: a stupid person;


      * e.g., " ... the village's chief of police was an ineffectual albeit pleasant gander "




     [ "gander" ]

    1: look

      * e.g.,  ... Take a gander at this! (take a look at this). Also 'have a gander'. Usu. used as a noun but I have heard it used as a verb. 

     [ "gander" ]

    1: a look, a glance (from the stretched, gooselike neck of someone gazing intently)

      * e.g.,  ... Take a gander at this wierd machine over here. 

     [ "gander" ]

    1: to creep ones faceboook/myspace/tumblr or to simly have a look

      * e.g.,  ... have a gander at this sluts belt. 

     [ "gander" ]

    1: a guess based on only assumptions

      * e.g.,  ... I'm gonna take a gander that you and jon hooked up last night 

     [ "gander" ]

    1: white trash, eats roadkill,

      * e.g.,  ... that gander over there just knocked out a tooth chomping down on that raccoon bone 

     [ "gander" ]

    1: silly person; one who acts goofy

      * e.g.,  ... you gander 

     [ "gander" ]

    1: the part of you that gets annoyed

      * e.g.,  ... that guy really gets my gander up 

     [ "gander" ]

    1:  A term known to many hard alcohol drinkers, which means a "taste" or a "small amount" of a drink.

      * e.g.,  ...  He just took a gander straight out of that bottle of Jack Daniels 

     [ "gander" ]

    2:  (Gandered) Description of someone who has had too much to drink

      * e.g.,  ...  After drinking the whole 18 pack of beer, Paul was gandered out 

     [ "gander" ]

    1: Term used when describing someone's behavior, also used: goose. It replaces such words as asshole, or fuckface.

      * e.g.,  ... That guy was being a fucking gander. or 

     [ "ganderize" ]

    1: to look at, to examine, to take a gander

      * e.g.,  ... OK class, ganderize your homework. 

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