goose egg
noun
RareNot in standard dictionaries
1
Zero; nothing.
“I missed every question on the quiz and got a goose egg.”
“Grandmaster and grand duffer alike prefer the all-important point to the ignominious goose egg.”
“Apple had picked up 13 nods, including 10 for Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which also drew a goose egg.”
2
A swelling caused by a bump on the head.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
From the oval shape of both a goose's egg and the Arabic numeral zero (0).
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