goose egg
noun Informal.
the numeral zero, often used to indicate the failure of a team to score in a game or unit of a game: a pitchers' duel, with nothing but goose eggs on the scoreboard.
a lump raised by a blow, especially on the head.
Origin of goose egg
1350–1400; 1885–90,
Americanism,
for def 1; Middle English: the egg of a goose
Words nearby goose egg
goose,
goose barnacle,
goose bay,
goose bumps,
goose creek,
goose egg,
goose flesh,
goose grass,
goose grease,
goose pimples,
goose skin
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Idioms and Phrases with goose egg
goose egg
Zero, nothing, especially a score of zero. For example, Our team did badly, earning goose egg, or My income from writing this year was goose egg. This expression is an Americanization of the earlier British duck's egg. [Mid-1800s]