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goosed up

goosed up is the simple past and past participle of goose up.

Meaning of goose up

Verb

goose up (third-person singular simple present gooses up, present participle goosing up, simple past and past participle goosed up)

  1. To take steps to make something appear more attractive or compelling.
  2. To boost or increase something's power (especially an engine).

Questions about goosed up

What is goosed up the simple past and past participle of?
Goosed up is the simple past and past participle of goose up.

Words near goosed up in the dictionary

  1. goosecap
  2. goosecaps
  3. goosecoid
  4. goosecreekite
  5. goosed
  6. goosed up
  7. goosedown
  8. goosedrownder
  9. goosefish
  10. goosefishes
  11. gooseflesh

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goosed up (page history and authors); goose up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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