gosling

noun

gos·ling ˈgäz-liŋ

ˈgȯz-,

-lən

: a young goose

: a foolish or callow person

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Gradually Roz starts building relationships with the animals on the island, including a clever fox voiced by Pedro Pascal, and becomes the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling named Brightbill voiced by Kit Connor. —

Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025 The fact that a gosling can imprint on anyone could have served the opposite point: not that anyone a child latches on to becomes a mom but that caregiving can exist in any number of different capacities, independent of gender. —

Elvia Wilk, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024 The heart of the film is the relationship dynamic between Roz and an orphaned gosling named Brightbill (Kit Connor). —

Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024 What does need Roz’s help, however, is a newborn gosling who latches onto her in the absence of any other family. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gosling