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gosling [goz-ling] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a young goose. a foolish, inexperienced person. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of gosling 1375–1425; late Middle English goselyng; see goose, -ling1; cognate with Old Norse gæslingr Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for gosling Contemporary Examples of gosling
The gosling’s best chance at surviving the jump is to bounce off the cliff on its soft belly.
Barnacle Gosling’s Death-Defying Cliff Dive
Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video
October 28, 2014
Whenever the script seems ready to surrender to maudlin excess, Gosling and McAdams are there to pull it back.
A Love Letter to ‘The Notebook,’ a Melodrama That Commits to Its Sentimentality
Teo Bugbee
June 26, 2014
At times, Gosling appears to have weightier concerns in mind.
Ryan Gosling’s Bizarre Directorial Debut, ‘Lost River,’ Features Sadism, Warlords, and Rat Murder
Richard Porton
May 21, 2014
Gosling is just as adept at wearing what Jannuzzi says is the next trend for summer: the tank top.
Jude Law and the Great Male ‘He-Vage’ Crisis
Tim Teeman
May 20, 2014
The heartbroken masses got two last films from Gosling in 2013, both exceptional: Place Beyond the Pines and Only God Forgives.
The Biggest Surprises and Disappointments in 2013
Melissa Leon
December 24, 2013
Historical Examples of gosling
Mr. Gosling mentioned a balloon that had escaped from Paris in July.
Charles Fort
Nor a gosling,” murmured Pepé; “and a gosling only betrays himself by trying to sing.
Mayne Reid
He knocked at the door and the gosling said: “Who is knocking at the door?”
Thomas Frederick Crane
The wolf, well satisfied, saluted the gosling and went away.
Thomas Frederick Crane
And indeed he did blow down the house and ate up the gosling.
Thomas Frederick Crane
British Dictionary definitions for gosling gosling noun a young goose an inexperienced or youthful person Word Origin for gosling C15: from Old Norse gæslingr; related to Danish gäsling; see goose 1, -ling 1 Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for gosling n.
mid-14c. (late 13c. as a surname), from Old Norse gæslingr, from gos “goose” (see goose (n.)) + diminutive suffix. replaced Old English gesling. The modern word may be a Middle English formation from Middle English gos “goose.”
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
