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loosey goosey

loosey goosey is the alternative form of loosey-goosey.

Meaning of loosey-goosey

Adjective

loosey-goosey (comparative more loosey-goosey or loosier-goosier or loosey-goosier, superlative most loosey-goosey or loosiest-goosiest or loosey-goosiest)

  1. (Canada, US) relaxed
    • They said that he couldn't hit International League pitching because he was too loosey-goosey at the plate.1946 July 8, “By Jim Coleman”, in The Globe and Mail
  2. (broadly, informal) laid back; disorganized; scattered
    • "Everything seemed to be real loosey-goosey," Mr. Williams said. "[…]I had lunch with him three times, and each time he said, 'Oh, I forgot to bring the papers.'"1991, Richard Perez-Pena, “Investment Manager Faces Charges of Securities Fraud”, in The New York Times

Forms of loosey goosey

comparativemore loosey goosey
superlativemost loosey goosey
alternative formloosey-goosey

Questions about loosey goosey

What is loosey goosey the alternative form of?
Loosey goosey is the alternative form of loosey-goosey.

Words near loosey goosey in the dictionary

  1. loosestrife borer
  2. loosestrife borers
  3. loosestrifes
  4. looseth
  5. loosey
  6. loosey goosey
  7. loosey-goosey
  8. loosey-goosier
  9. loosey-goosiest
  10. loosh
  11. Looshan

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