goosing
- 1Present participle and gerund of goose.
The manager was goosing the sales figures to impress the investors.
Goosing the throttle on the curve, the driver pulled ahead of the pack.
Note
The -ing form drops the final e of goose, and every meaning it carries is slang: a sharp pinch or prod at someone's rear, spurring something on, tapping an engine's accelerator, hissing a performer off the stage, and, among British private-hire drivers, picking up an unbooked passenger against licensing rules. Because the physical prank sits underneath, goosing figures or a throttle sounds playful and informal, so keep it out of formal reports.
goosing is a form of goose
goose, verb: To give something a quick boost or spur it into greater activity, such as a business figure or an engine's throttle. Full entry
- Spelling
- goose → goosing: drop the e, add -ing
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