To gently accelerate (an automobile or machine), or give repeated small taps on the accelerator.
To stimulate; to spur.
To sharply poke or pinch the buttocks of (a person).
Of private-hire taxi drivers, to pick up a passenger who has not booked a cab, in violation of UK licensing conditions.
To hiss (a performer) off the stage.
Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and which are bigger than ducks.
An old English board game in which players moved counters along a board, earning a double move when they reached the picture of a goose.
The flesh of the goose used as food.
A silly person.
A female goose (sense 1).
To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
To strangle or choke someone.
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.