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goose pimples

goose pimples is the plural of goose pimple.

Meaning of goose pimple

Noun

goose pimple (plural goose pimples)

  1. (Northern-US) Synonym of goose bump.
    • Trace a line of goose pimples up the thin young arm. Slide the needle in and push the bulb watching the junk hit him all over. Move right in with the shit and suck junk through all the hungry young cells.1966 [1961], William S. Burroughs, The Soft Machine (The Nova Trilogy), New York: Grove Press, page 7
    Synonyms:
    goose bump

Questions about goose pimples

What is goose pimples the plural of?
Goose pimples is the plural of goose pimple.

Words near goose pimples in the dictionary

  1. Goose Hill
  2. goose iron
  3. goose irons
  4. Goose Lake
  5. goose pimple
  6. goose pimples
  7. goose saw
  8. goose saws
  9. goose skin
  10. goose step
  11. goose stepped

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