goos

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/ɡuːz/UK/ɡuːs/US/ɡus/

proper noun

A surname.

“GOOS paper”

UncommonScrabble 5

Meanings

goos1

noun
  1. pluralplural of goo
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of goo

Goos2

proper nounGoos (plural Gooses)

plural Gooses

GOOS3

adjectiveGOOS (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBlank and usable on one side but not the other.

    GOOS paper

    3 more examples

    Give your children GOOS paper (Good On One Side) for drawings.

    2008 September 11, “Waste minimisation for kids”, in The Southland Times, Invercargill, New Zealand: Southland Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, page WM.14

    "Why are you writing on a piece of paper?" he asks, appalled. I look down at the back of the school flyer I had just scribbled on. "… Because I believe in GOOS paper?" But he has already disappeared upstairs, to find his laptop.

    2018 July 4, Uzma Jalaluddin, “The perils of meal planning”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont.: Toronto Star Newspapers, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2025

    GOOS Bins [section heading] / 91% of participating EcoSchools have implemented a GOOS paper (or Good On One Side paper) system within their classrooms, libraries, and administrative areas. The concept is very simple and requires a school to create a bin system to house paper that is still blank "good" on one side. This encourages staff and students to use the other side of the GOOS paper for quick notes, quizzes, etc. in lieu of reaching for a fresh piece.

    2020, Lindsay Bunce, Nancy McGee, Christina Phillips-MacNeil, “Ontario EcoSchools: A Framework for Environmental Learning and Action in K-12 Schools”, in Annette Gough, John Chi-Kin Lee, Eric Po Keung Tsang, editors, Green Schools Globally: Stories of Impact on Education for Sustainable Development (International Explorations in Outdoor and Environmental Education), Cham, Zug, Switzerland: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, part II (Country Stories), section 7.4.2.3 (GOOS Bins), page 109
  2. not comparableRelated to or intended for such paper.

Origin

Goos · proper noun

  1. GermanGoos
  2. EnglishGoos

Borrowed from Dutch and German Goos.

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GOOS · adjective

Acronym of good on one side.

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Translations

Finnish toiselta puolelta käyttämätön
  • toiselta puolelta käyttämätönblank and usable on one side

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

goos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goos

MLA

“goos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goos. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goos,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goos.

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