gander
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈɡændər/
- Informal
- Cop a gander of this, would you?
- take a gander
- get a gander
- give it a gander
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Watch on YouTubeLet's open one and take a little gander.
- Let's open one and take a little gander.
- And this is fascinating because I think you can see me pretty well and you've had a good gander at me over the years were I to have some plastic surgery.
- He are you sobbing to it now I'm I'm looking, I'm taking a I'm taking a gander.
- Anyway, got to go upstairs, let the pup get a gander at me, suds and up rub a dub dub Jack loofah.
Examples
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Jim picked up the bill from the little tray and gave it a gander.
Fiction book (2001) -
Well, maybe you should give it a gander, and then come over here to the parish for breakfast in, say, an hour.
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Just give us a quick gander at that rose...
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Hey, guys, take a gander at these.
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Now, let's cop a gander at the bill of sale.
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Let me take a gander.
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But really now, how can you expect others not to laugh when they get a gander at these costumes?
Blog text (27) -
Just take a gander at this handsome gold inlay.
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I've got the paperwork here, if you wanna have a gander.
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Just give us a quick gander at that beautiful painting.
Synonyms
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1.0
A short action of turning the eyes to see something
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3.0
A very short look at something you see quickly
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3.0
A quick secret look at something you are not supposed to see
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3.2
A quick check of something to find obvious problems
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9.9
A quick informal look at something like a menu or document
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Etymology
Gander used as an informal word meaning 'a quick look' can be remembered by thinking of a goose stretching its neck to look at something, and so people began using the bird's name for a short, curious glance.