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goosing up

goosing up is the present participle and gerund 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 goosing up

What is goosing up the present participle and gerund of?
Goosing up is the present participle and gerund of goose up.

Words near goosing up in the dictionary

  1. goosie
  2. goosier
  3. goosies
  4. goosiest
  5. goosing
  6. goosing up
  7. goosish
  8. goosishness
  9. Goosnargh
  10. Goossen
  11. Goossens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goosing 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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