take a gander
to look at something
TRANSLATION
take a gander = einen Blick auf etwas werfen gander (zool.) = der Gänserich/Ganter --- GOOGLE INDEX take a gander: approximately 16,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Google is now letting people TAKE A GANDER at an "improved" version of its search engine.
(The Guardian)
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TAKE A GANDER at the chart below. These countries account for 29% of the daily world oil supply.
(International Business Times)
(The Guardian)
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TAKE A GANDER at the chart below. These countries account for 29% of the daily world oil supply.
(International Business Times)
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take a gander
idiom
- to look at someone or something
gander
noun
- a male goose
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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British etymology enthusiast Michael Quinion cites a scene from a TV show parody of the George Orwell classic "Nineteen-eighty-four" in which a customer walks into an antique shop and asks, "Mind if a take a gander around the shop?" The shop owner replies, "No, as long as it is housetrained."
This very bad pun illustrates the seemingly odd connection between the word "gander" (a male goose) and the expression "take a gander," which upon closer inspection is not strange after all. Think for a moment about the typical behaviour of the goose, constantly sticking out its neck in a curious fashion as if trying to find something interesting (usually food).
In this context gander was apparently first used as a verb that referred to stretching one’s neck in a rubber-like manner to get a close look at something. This eventually led to the noun "gander," an inquisitive look at something, and then the phrase "take a gander" or "have a gander."
The word gander is originally from the Old English gandra (male goose) and further from the Proto-Germanic gan(d)ron, which is related to the Dutch gander, Middle Low German ganre and modern German Gans (goose).
Note: the verb "goose" is slang for a usually playful way of prodding or poking someone between or on the buttocks.
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SYNONYMS
have a look at, take a peek at, have a look-see, eyeball something, glimpse at, review
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Would you mind to take a gander at this memo before I send it out?"
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Thanks to David for suggesting today's word!
idiom
- to look at someone or something
gander
noun
- a male goose
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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British etymology enthusiast Michael Quinion cites a scene from a TV show parody of the George Orwell classic "Nineteen-eighty-four" in which a customer walks into an antique shop and asks, "Mind if a take a gander around the shop?" The shop owner replies, "No, as long as it is housetrained."
This very bad pun illustrates the seemingly odd connection between the word "gander" (a male goose) and the expression "take a gander," which upon closer inspection is not strange after all. Think for a moment about the typical behaviour of the goose, constantly sticking out its neck in a curious fashion as if trying to find something interesting (usually food).
In this context gander was apparently first used as a verb that referred to stretching one’s neck in a rubber-like manner to get a close look at something. This eventually led to the noun "gander," an inquisitive look at something, and then the phrase "take a gander" or "have a gander."
The word gander is originally from the Old English gandra (male goose) and further from the Proto-Germanic gan(d)ron, which is related to the Dutch gander, Middle Low German ganre and modern German Gans (goose).
Note: the verb "goose" is slang for a usually playful way of prodding or poking someone between or on the buttocks.
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SYNONYMS
have a look at, take a peek at, have a look-see, eyeball something, glimpse at, review
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Would you mind to take a gander at this memo before I send it out?"
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Thanks to David for suggesting today's word!
