"silly goose" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: silly geese [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|silly geese}} silly goose (plural silly geese)
  1. (informal) A silly person; a simpleton. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People Synonyms: silly billy Translations (silly person): dumme gås (Danish), domme gans [feminine] (Dutch), bêta [masculine] (French), dumme Gans [feminine] (German), глу́пый гусь (glúpyj gusʹ) [masculine] (Russian), honk sille [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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