goosing

Verb

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

1. (slang, transitive) To sharply poke or pinch the buttocks, or prod between the buttocks (of a person).
   • She greeted Miss Lonelyhearts, then took hold of her husband and shook the breath out of him. When he was quiet, she dragged him into their apartment. Miss Lonelyhearts followed and as he passed her in the dark foyer, she goosed him and laughed.1933, Nathanael West, Miss Lonelyhearts
2. (slang, transitive) To stimulate; to spur.
   • Almost everyone in McKay’s impossibly starry cast feels like they’re jumping into the SNL host role, game for some light comedic lifting while waiting for the pros to show up and goose the laughs.2021 December 7, Jesse Hassenger, “Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence cope with disaster in the despairing satire Don’t Look Up”, in AV Club
3. (slang, transitive) To gently accelerate (a vehicle); to give repeated, small taps on the accelerator of (a vehicle); to feather the throttle of (a vehicle).
4. (UK, slang) Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not booked a cab, in violation of UK licensing conditions.
5. (slang, transitive) To hiss (a performer) off the stage.

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